Title
Enterprise, wrecked at Lelant, September 11th 1903
Description
On September 11 1903, the Hayle Lifeboat crew had a dangerous and unnecessary trip out to the derelict Beaumaris schooner Enterprise.
The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay when its sails were blown out in a gale leaving the ship drifting. The St. Ives RNLI lifeboat James Stevens No. 10 was launched and rescued the three crew and the boy. The ship then ran aground on the Western Spit, half a mile from Hayle Bar. Enterprise finally broke up in a gale on 14 February 1904.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books Ltd, 1970), p.72 AND The National Maritime Museum Online Catalogue.
The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay when its sails were blown out in a gale leaving the ship drifting. The St. Ives RNLI lifeboat James Stevens No. 10 was launched and rescued the three crew and the boy. The ship then ran aground on the Western Spit, half a mile from Hayle Bar. Enterprise finally broke up in a gale on 14 February 1904.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books Ltd, 1970), p.72 AND The National Maritime Museum Online Catalogue.
Date
1903-09-12
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Half Plate Glass Negative
Type
Photograph
Identifier
WRECKS 32HG 078
Coverage
Lelant Beach
Physical Dimensions
120x165mm