Title
Avebury, wrecked at Lamorna, 1884
Subject
Shipwreck
Wreck
Description
The Avebury was a Sunderland Steamer that was heading between Lisbon and Cardiff with a cargo of Iron ore and esparto grass (used for crafting).
The Avebury missed Land's End completely in fog and steamed on the rocks less than a quarter of a mile west of Lamorna.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.198.
The Avebury missed Land's End completely in fog and steamed on the rocks less than a quarter of a mile west of Lamorna.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.198.
Date
1884-11-04
Rights
Morrab library
Format
Print
Identifier
RGN.016
Coverage
Lamorna
Physical Dimensions
8" x 6"