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Navy vessel on way to being scrapped
Taken from Penzance Promenade
Second vessel to left of Diomedes

A woman and young girl, Marjorie Beckerleg and her daughter Barbara, standing beside a car with registration number BCV 170. A picnic is laid out on the ground beside them.

Navy vessel, on her way to being scrapped

Etching of the wreck of the collier brig, "Diana", of Swansea.
8 of 9 crew saved, but several injured including the captain, who broke 3 ribs. One sailor cut in pieces due to heavy seas.
Reported in Illustrated London News - 17th February 1855

Glasgow cargo ship, wrecked in thick fog off Lizard

"Clan Malcolm" Glasgow cargo ship, wrecked in thick fog off the Lizard

"Can Malcolm" Glasgow steamer cargo ship, wrecked after thick logoff Lizard

Ketch wrecked on rocks, Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives

Ketch , wrecked on rocks at Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives

"Caroline Parsons" was the St Ives lifeboat, wrecked after attempted rescue of the "Alba"

American cargo ship, wrecked after thick fog, off Pen Enys Point, St Ives
Carrying mixed cargo

American Cargo Ship, wrecked after thick fog. Pen Enys Point, St Ives

American cargo ship, wrecked after thick fog.
Pen Enys Point, near St Ives

On the inside back cover of the album there is a very faded photograph of trees. Written in the bottom right-hand corner is Completed 16 12 02 and the initials W.P.

One of four loose photographs in this album. The photograph is printed on thin paper and shows an unidentified building . Written on the back of the photograph is the name Enzeli (subsequently renamed Bandar-e Anzali), a town lying on both sides…

One of four loose photographs in this album. The photograph, which is printed on thin paper, shows an ornate two-storey building. Written on the back of the photograph is Shah's Palace, 10 miles from (illegible).
This could be the Sorkeh Hesar…

One of four loose photographs in this album. The photograph is printed on thin paper and shows soldiers gathered on a large square. The back of the photo has Isfahan written on it. Isfahan is in Iran, formerly Persia.

This is one of four loose photographs in the album. The photograph, which is printed on thin paper, shows an unidentified building with a group of people outside the entrance. On the back of the photo is written Isfahan. Isfahan is in Iran…

View of cliffs at Gwennap Head

Barnet, Albert Pier, Penzance
Note damage to pier