Title
Gunvor, 3 masted-barque wrecked at Black Head, April 6th 1912.
Subject
Shipwreck
Description
The 1,491 ton three masted, steel barque Gunvor of Fredrickstadt, Norway.
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks and the crew had only to lower a rope ladder over the bow to gain the shore.
he Times reported that all the nitrate dissolved and the empty bags were floating out of the ship [The Times, 11 April 1912, p.19]. The ship was reported to have broken its back late on Saturday 6 April 1921 [Western Daily Mercury, Monday 8 April 1912] and, by mid-day the same day, the main royal mast had snapped [Cornishman, Thursday 11 April 1912].
Main description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 101.
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks and the crew had only to lower a rope ladder over the bow to gain the shore.
he Times reported that all the nitrate dissolved and the empty bags were floating out of the ship [The Times, 11 April 1912, p.19]. The ship was reported to have broken its back late on Saturday 6 April 1921 [Western Daily Mercury, Monday 8 April 1912] and, by mid-day the same day, the main royal mast had snapped [Cornishman, Thursday 11 April 1912].
Main description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 101.
Creator
Gibson
Date
1912-04-06
Rights
Morrab library
Format
Print
Identifier
RGN.102
Coverage
Coverack
Physical Dimensions
8" x 11"