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St. Guenole, wrecked at Gribba Point, November 1st 1948
Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…
St Anne, Wrecked at Porthleven, Mount's Bay, November 3rd 1931
The little French Schooner, St Anne was the last to be embayed and wrecked at Mount's Bay.
It was tossed ashore on Porthleven Beach by a south-west gale on November 3rd 1931. She had sailed from Cardiff the previous morning, homeward bound to…
It was tossed ashore on Porthleven Beach by a south-west gale on November 3rd 1931. She had sailed from Cardiff the previous morning, homeward bound to…
Socoa, French full-rigged ship, wrecked on Craggan Rock, Cadgwith, July 31st 1906.
The Steel masted, Socoa, of Bayonne stranded near Cadgwith in thick weather while on passage from Stettin to San Francisco.
She was carrying cement intended for the rebuilding of that earthquake-shattered city and 50,000 barrels of it had to be…
She was carrying cement intended for the rebuilding of that earthquake-shattered city and 50,000 barrels of it had to be…
Skyopelos Sky, wrecked at Trevose Head, December 15th 1979.
On Saturday December 15th 1979, HM Coastguard informed Padstow Lifeboat Station that the Skopelos Sky, a 2800 Greek freighter
was in trouble off Trevose Head. She was on route from Garston for Algiers with a cargo of drums of lubricating oil. The…
was in trouble off Trevose Head. She was on route from Garston for Algiers with a cargo of drums of lubricating oil. The…
Simone Marcel
Pront and negative
Serica
The Serica, a fine steel screw, schooner-rigged steamer of 1,736 tons register. Her last voyage began at Cardiff on November 16th 1893, when she sailed for Port Said with a crew of twenty-five and a cargo of coal.
Bad weather was encountered the…
Bad weather was encountered the…
Seine, wrecked at Perran, December 27th 1900
The largest and best-known sailing-ship wreck in Perran Bay was the French nitrate clipper Seine, an elegant three masted steel barque of 2,630 tons gross launched in 1889 by La Porte of Rouen for the celebrated fleet of A.D Bordes et Fils of…
Scotia, wrecked at Bude, May 1911.
The Trawler, Scotia, wrecked at Bude due to fog in May 1911.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Penn Books Ltd, 1970), p.162.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Penn Books Ltd, 1970), p.162.
Sand Wyven
Print and negative
Samantha
Print on card plus negative
Barque Saluto, December 8th 1911.
The Saluto (1867) was on passage from the Thames with sand ballast to Barbados but was caught in a succession of gales.
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
Popeye
Print and Negative
Rosalia
Wrecked in thick fog.