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The Torrey Canyon, pictured on the Seven Stones reef between Scilly and Land's End before she broke up during March of 1967.

grounded off the Seven Stones reef. Smoke can be seen from the explosives used to release the oil on board and burn it. Longships Lighthouse in foreground

grounded off the Seven Stones reef. Smoke can be seen from the explosives used to release the oil on board and burn it. Longships Lighthouse in foreground

Wreck

Print and Negative

Print and duplicate

Print and Negative

View of Torquay. Information at the the bottom of the photograph states Rock Walk, Torquay , followed by the number 8106 and the initials J.V.

Information at the bottom of the photograph states View of Torquay from Vane Hill, followed by the number 13587 and the initials J.V.

Torpoint Ferry

The Brixham Trawler, Torbay Lass, was wrecked on the Cressars, Penzance Pier on December 8th 1891.

She was in tow from the Mount, where she had just unloaded coal from Runcorn to Penzance. But the tug Merlin, skippered by a local shipwright…