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Humphry Davy Grammar School U13 Rugby Squad 1971
Back row: Mr. Blackler, Gary Maddern, -?-, Dave Elliot, Gary Wilson, Tucker Thomas, Steve Murley, Patrick Lewington
Middle row: Charlie Atmere, Mike Burroughs, Johnathon Cox, Paul Watkins, Jeff…

Penzance County Grammar School Cricket 1st Team 1955
Back row: M.Rosenburg, B.Coak, C.Polglase, P.Kendall, B.Pope, B.Batten, Mr. Harvey.
Front row: H.G.Giles, A.Murle, I.N.Barnes, J.Jory, D.Searle, A.Williams, O.Williams
This photograph was…

Humphry Davy Grammar School U14 Football Team 1964

Humphry Davy Grammar School Rugby 2nd Team 1971

Penzance County School for Boys Tennis Team 1945
Back row: Michael Oldridge, Johns, R.J. "Tank" Chappell, Mr. Otto\
Front row: Harold Stevens, Ken Slater, W. Charles, Peter Simons, Butler, Pope

Possibly charity walkers

Ambulance and Fire Service at the scene with casualty, location unknown

Previous vessel to the current Lifeboat. This boat came after the loss of the Soloman Brown

Overview

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

At the time this Liberian registered Oil Tanker was the largest shipwreck known and caused an environmental disaster to the Cornish coastline with pollution from it's cargo of crude oil, the effects of which are still felt today

The vessel on it's maiden voyage and the Penlee lifeboat which made a gallant attempt at rescue were lost with all hands on 1982-12-19 after a violent storm

The Sikorsky passenger helicopter crashed into the sea off the isles of Scilly on a routine flight, the picture shows the helicopter on the deck of the recovery vessel

Shipwreck

HMS Warspite a WW1 battleship ran aground in Prussia Cove in 1947 on her way to the breakers and was later salvaged at Marazion

The Rosebud was delivering a petition about the Newlyn house clearances to Westminster. the vessel was later renamed Cynthia-Yvonne

The MV Alacrity was owned by the Everard Company, she was savaged in situ after becoming a total right off

Humphry Davy Grammar School Prefects 1979
Back row: D. Owens, M. Pilcher, C. Simpson, Martin Tucker, K. Nicholas, Alan Richards, William Jago. Front row: T. Beck, C. Gould, Christopher Heavens, Michael Halls** (Head Boy), Stuart Johns, David…

Humphry Davy Grammar School Balcony above Hall 1979

The upturned hull of the Union Star, on the rocks near Tater Dhu, wrecked 19-12-1981 with a loss of all hands, plus the crew of the Penlee lifeboat who perished during the gallant rescue attempt