French Clipper 'Seine', Perran Sands, 1900
French Clipper Seine The Seine was a 2,630 ton clipper registered at Bordeaux, a ship full rigged and built for speed to quickly carry nitrate from South America, for uses such as fertiliser. Having left Chile 80 days previously, the Seine was driven ashore at Perran Bay on 27 December 1900 by a west-north-westerly gale. All her crew were rescued by rocket and line, or by volunteers from the shore. Her wreck was sold for ��42 the steel plates of her hull can be seen.
27th December 1900
Cornwall Council
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Perranporth
French Clipper 'Seine', Perran Sands, 1900
French Clipper Seine The Seine was a 2,630 ton clipper registered at Bordeaux, a ship full rigged and built for speed to quickly carry nitrate from South America, for uses such as fertiliser. Having left Chile 80 days previously, the Seine was driven ashore at Perran Bay on 27 December 1900 by a west-north-westerly gale. All her crew were rescued by rocket and line, or by volunteers from the shore. In the background are Penhale Point, and Gull Rock off Holywell. Her wreck was sold for ��42.
27th December 1900
Cornwall Council
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Perranporth
French Clipper 'Seine', Perran Sands, 1900
French Clipper Seine The Seine was a 2,630 ton clipper registered at Bordeaux, a ship full rigged and built for speed to quickly carry nitrate from South America, for uses such as fertiliser. Having left Chile 80 days previously, the Seine was driven ashore at Perran Sands on 27 December 1900 by a west-north-westerly gale. All her crew were rescued by rocket and line, or by volunteers from the shore. Her wreck was sold for ��42.
27th December 1900
Cornwall Council
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Perranporth
French Clipper 'Seine', Perran Sands, 1900
French Clipper Seine The Seine was a 2,630 ton clipper registered at Bordeaux, a ship full rigged and built for speed to quickly carry nitrate from South America, for uses such as fertiliser. Having left Chile 80 days previously, the Seine was driven ashore at Perran Sands on 27 December 1900 by a west-north-westerly gale. All her crew were rescued by rocket and line, or by volunteers from the shore. Her wreck was sold for ��42.
27th December 1900
Cornwall Council
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Perranporth
Norwegian barque Sperenza, Cligga Head, Porthtowan.
Norwegian barque Spirenza The Sperenza, a barque, lost her masts and was abandoned by her crew off the north coast of Cornwall. She had been carrying coal from South Wales to Brazil. Her crew were picked up from their boat by a steamer and put ashore at Exmouth. Left derelict, she drifted ashore and was completely wrecked by Cligga Head near Porthtowan.
23rd January 1899
Cornwall Council
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St Agnes
Schooner Cornish Lass, Trevellas, 1896
Schooner Cornish Lass The Cornish Lass, a ketch, was wrecked at Trevellas while trying to enter St Agnes harbour with coal on 6 January 1896. Displacing 60 tons, she had been a coaster operating around St Agnes for many years.
6th January 1896
Cornwall Council
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St Agnes
Capstan of Rose of Devon, Porthtowan
Capstan of Rose of Devon The Rose, a barque headed from Plymouth to Cardiff, was lost with all hands far out on the sands of Porthtowan. Driven ashore in a north-north-westerly gale, her remains are occasionally uncovered by the sands her capstan.
c.1947
Cornwall Council
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Plymouth barque Rose of Devon, Porthtowan
Plymouth barque Rose of Devon The Rose, a barque headed from Plymouth to Cardiff, was lost with all hands far out on the sands of Porthtowan. Driven ashore in a north-north-westerly gale, her remains are occasionally uncovered by the sands.
29th November 1897
Cornwall Council
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Porthtowan
Hayle Lifeboat Attempting Rescue of Steamer Escurial
Hayle Lifeboat The steamer Escurial, eastbound to Fiume/Rijeka on the Adriatic from Glasgow with coal, sprang a leak off Godrevy in bad weather, turned and ran aground at Portreath, near Gull Rock. The Hayle lifeboat was brought overland to Portreath to aid her crew (Newquay and St Ives lifeboats tried but failed to reach Portreath), but the heavy onshore weather made the lifeboat very hard to launch and control. 1 crew member was rescued by the lifeboat others tried to swim ashore where coastguards and volunteers waited in the surf but 11 crew were lost.
25th January 1895
Cornwall Council
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Portreath
Unidentified steamship
Unidentified steamship aground An unidentified steamer aground on the coast of Cornwall.
c.1910
Cornwall Council
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S S Hayle Hayle Black Cliffs, Hayle
S S Hayle Hayle, a steamer built by Harvey of Hayle, ran aground on the sands of the bar off Black Cliffs, at Hayle. Hayle's lifeboat, Admiral Rodd, rescued her crew and she was later refloated by the salvage steamer Lady of the Isles.
c.1900
Cornwall Council
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Hayle
Schooner Enterprise, Hayle
Schooner Enterprise The schooner Enterprise had already been abandoned by her crew on 11 September 1903, but the Hayle lifeboat crew did not know that, and went out to rescue anyone left aboard. The derelict Enterprise, registered at Beaumaris, drifted ashore in rough conditions.
11th september 1903
Cornwall Council
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Lelant
Schooner Enterprise, Hayle
Schooner Enterprise The schooner Enterprise had already been abandoned by her crew on 11 September 1903, but the Hayle lifeboat crew did not know that, and went out to rescue anyone left aboard. The derelict Enterprise, registered at Beaumaris, drifted ashore in rough conditions.
11th September 1903
Cornwall Council
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Lelant
Steam Coaster Fleswick, Black Cliffs, Hayle
Steam Coaster Fleswick The steamer Fleswick grounded on the east side of the bar near Black Cliffs. She had been trying to enter Hayle with coal from Neath. The Hayle lifeboat, F H Harrison, rescued all her 7 crew and she was later refloated.
28th January 1902
Cornwall Council
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Hayle
Steam Coaster Fleswick, Black Cliffs, Hayle
Steam Coaster Fleswick The steamer Fleswick grounded on the east side of the bar near Black Cliffs. She had been trying to enter Hayle with coal from Neath. The Hayle lifeboat, F H Harrison, rescued all her 7 crew and she was later refloated.
28th January 1902
Cornwall Council
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Hayle
Alexander Yeats, Gurnard's Head, 1896
Alexander Yeats The Alexander Yeats, carrying timber from Georgia (USA) to Devonport, came aground on 17 September 1896. Her cargo had shifted in a gale, making her more difficult to control. Gurnard's Head is in the background. She was launched as a full-rigger and, although her 19 crew were all rescued, she did not sail again only 1 of her 3 masts is seen still standing.
September 1896
Cornwall Council
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Gurnards Head
Alexander Yeats, Gurnard's Head, 1896
Alexander Yeats The Alexander Yeats, carrying timber from Georgia (USA) to Devonport, came aground on 17 September 1896. Her cargo had shifted in a gale, making her more difficult to control. Gurnard's Head is in the background. She was launched as a full-rigger and, although her 19 crew were all rescued, she did not sail again.
25th September 1896
Cornwall Council
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Gurnards Head
Alexander Yeats, Gurnard's Head, 1896
Alexander Yeats The Alexander Yeats, carrying timber from Georgia (USA) to Devonport, came aground on 17 September 1896. Her cargo had shifted in a gale, making her more difficult to control. Gurnard's Head is in the background. She was launched as a full-rigger and, although her 19 crew were all rescued, she did not sail again.
25th September 1896
Cornwall Council
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Gurnards Head
Alexander Yeats, Gurnard's Head, 1896
Alexander Yeats The Alexander Yeats, carrying timber from Georgia (USA) to Devonport, came aground on 17 September 1896. Her cargo had shifted in a gale, making her more difficult to control. Gurnard's Head is in the background. She was launched as a full-rigger and, although her 19 crew were all rescued, she did not sail again.
25th September 1896
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Alexander Yeats, Gurnard's Head, 1896
Alexander Yeats The Alexander Yeats, carrying timber from Georgia (USA) to Devonport, came aground on 17 September 1896. Her cargo had shifted in a gale, making her more difficult to control. Gurnard's Head is in the background. She was launched as a full-rigger and, although her 19 crew were all rescued, she did not sail again.
25th September 1896
Cornwall Council
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Gurnards Head
Steamship Cintra, Porthminster, 1893
Wreck of Cintra Sunken wreckage of the steamer Cintra of Liverpool, which was carrying coal from Newport to Dartmouth when a gale wrecked her on Porthminster beach. 6 of her crew perished; 5 others struggled to the beach and survived after being helped ashore by rescuers. 4 other vessels were destroyed on 17 November 1893 known as the 'Cintra gale'.
1970
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Carbis Bay
Cintra, Bessie & Vulture, St Ives
Clearing wrecks of Cintra, Bessie & Vulture Salvage work to retrieve wreckage from the Bessie, Cintra and Vulture wrecks near St Ives. A man stands beside a boiler on the beach smoke and steam indicate that it is in use. A flywheel is also present, which could be useful if the boiler were being used to power a winch.
November 1893
Cornwall Council
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St Ives
Steamship Cintra, Porthminster, 1893
Steamship Cintra The steamer Cintra of Liverpool, her name and home port visible on the wreckage, was carrying coal from Newport to Dartmouth when a gale wrecked her on Porthminster beach. 6 of her crew perished; 5 others struggled to the beach and survived after being helped ashore by rescuers. 4 other vessels were destroyed on 17 November 1893 known as the 'Cintra gale'.
18th November 1893
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St Ives
Bessie, Carbis Bay, 1893
Steamship Bessie The steamer Bessie, built at Hayle and wrecked at Carbis Bay on 17 November 1893. All her crew were rescued.
18th November 1893
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St Ives
Bessie, Carbis Bay, 1893
Steamship Bessie The steamer Bessie, built at Hayle and wrecked at Carbis Bay on 17 November 1893, seen at low tide with the Carbis Bay Hotel under construction in the background. All her crew were rescued.
18th November 1893
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St Ives