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Wreck of Vert Prarial
The French trawler Vert Prarial had left Brixam at 6pm on the 13th March 1956. Nothing more was heard from her, other than a weak distress signal prefixed by the call sign "Dieppe 1517". At 5.45 am on the 14th the Coastguard received a telephone call…
Wreck of the William Cory off Pendeen 1910. 1910..
Wreck of the William Cory off Pendeen 1910. 1910..
Wreck of the 'Torrey Canyon' on the Seven Stones
Wreck of the 'Torrey Canyon' on the Seven Stones group of Prints.
Wreck of the 'Pasteur' Scilly Isles
T French crabber, Pasteur, became stranded on the Hanjague Rock on the 12th September 1938. She became stranded when the wind dropped and she drifted ashore, fortunately to be refloated on the next high tide.Description of wreck, from Richard Larn,…
Wreck of The SS Wilson
Clive Carter´s "Cornish Shipwrecks, The North Coast" states: This wreck´s tragic story began at 2.30 am on the 22nd January 1939 when St. Just coastguard sighted a large steamer smothered by breaking seas 2 miles north of Cape Cornwall. At the time…
Wreck of Tay Craig off Gear Rock, January 27th 1936.
Wreck of Tay Craig
Nine sailors were saved on a stormy day when a steamer floundered on rocks just off Penzance. It was exactly 87 years ago, in the early hours of the morning that the Taycraig, a Cornish owned but London registered steamer came a…
Nine sailors were saved on a stormy day when a steamer floundered on rocks just off Penzance. It was exactly 87 years ago, in the early hours of the morning that the Taycraig, a Cornish owned but London registered steamer came a…
Wreck of Steamer Alba
The wreck of the steamer Alba of Panama, the rescue by St Ives Lifeboat resulted in the loss of the lifeboat Caroline Parsons and 5 lives from the crew of the Alba. Report in detail can be seen from the RNLI archive…
Wreck of SS Yewcroft, July 1956.
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…
Description from Richard…
Wreck of SS Ornais II
Print with caption " S.S. "Ornais II" Ashore at Perran
Wreck of SS Glamorgan Coast
British steam cargo ship. Built 1913 by Smith's Dock Co Ltd Middlesbrough. Ran aground off Cape Cornwall
Wreck of Simon Marcelle or Simmone Marcel
Wreck off Gurnards Head
Wreck of Schooner Sarah Ann Evans
Wreck of Schooner Sarah Ann Evans. Crew of three were rescued
Wreck of Nimrod
Wreck of Nimrod
Wreck of Minnie Cantaquin
Spanish coaster wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard
According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began…
According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began…