Wreck of SS Yewcroft, July 1956.

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Title

Wreck of SS Yewcroft, July 1956.

Subject

Shipwreck

Description

The 827-ton steam coaster, Yewcroft, bound from the Thames to Bristol with cement, wandered off course in dense fog and grounded near Cudden Point. A few hours later, as the tide ebbed from beneath her, she broke in half.

Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p184.

Publisher

Morrab Library

Date

1956-07-08

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Print

Type

Print

Identifier

M.2546

Coverage

Stackhouse Cove
Perranuthnoe

Geolocation