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SS Paris was repaired at Falmouth, returning to service in August 1901 with two instead of three funnels and renamed Philadelphia

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References:
Cornish Wrecks South Coast by R Larn and C Carter
Cornish Wrecks by F A Strike
The Cornish Telegraph 1899-05-25
West Britain and Cornwall Advertiser Thursday Evening May 25th 1899
Refer Collins Binder C item C139

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Wreck of beached SS Ornais II

The 1200 ton collier Ornais II ( France) driven ashore at Perranuthnoe in hurricane-force winds. She was on her way from Le Havre to Port Talbot to pick up coal.

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SS Mina Cantiquin, Spanish Carho ship built 1906 ran aground in a storm at Black Head Rock near Coverack

17 crew members were saved by a British ship

Distant view of the ship, capsized and half-submerged in heavy surf with rocky coastline in background

SS Maoir at Cape Town just before she was wrecked.

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steamship Liberty ( Liberia) hit the rocks under Pendeen Watch while on voyage from Newport to La Goulette. All the crew was saved and the wreck was salvaged. Wikipedia

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I K Brunels Ship Built in Wapping Dock Bristol & floated 19 Jul 1843 She returned for Refit 4 Jul 1970. Postcard of Drawing

PHOTO FROM A POSTCARD OF AN ENGRAVING