Steam coaster Fleswick on Hayle bar, January 28th 1902

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Title

Steam coaster Fleswick on Hayle bar, January 28th 1902

Subject

The Fleswick, launched at Troon in 1900, wrecked at Black cliff on January 28th 1902.

The lifeboat crew rescued six men and a pilot from the 195-ton Whitehaven coaster Fleswick which, inward bound from Neath, lay with decks awash off Black Cliff.

Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books Ltd, 1970), 72.

Description

Albumen print; damage to top right corner

Creator

Gibson

Date

1902-01-28

Rights

Morrab library

Format

Print

Identifier

RGN.055

Coverage

Hayle

Physical Dimensions

6" x 8"

Geolocation