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G14167; Huddersfield. Port, just aft of beam. Very low in water with waves breaking over hull.
A port broadside view of the cargo steamer Huddersfield (1900) awash in rough seas off Gawlish cliffs, near Clovelly. (Glass plate negative)
G14011; Mildred (1889). Starboard bow view of ship submerged with just mast above water. Taken from cliffs.
The masts and sails of the three-masted schooner Mildred (1889) submerged off Gurnard's Head (Glass plate negative)
G14363; Harberton (unknown). A port side view, just forward of the broadside of the Harberton (unknown), taken from the shore. She is floating free in ballast and under tow having hit the Kettle's Bottom Reef. Various ships in the background behind the tug.
A middle distant port side view of the steamer Harberton (1894) in ballast and under tow off Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
A group of men on the rocks of Perranuthnoe Beach with three bodies from the wreck of the wooden sailing barque G. I. Jones (1867) (Glass plate negative)
A distant port beam view of the passenger/cargo ship Suffolk (1881) semi-submerged off the clifds of the Lizard Point. (Glass plate negative)
G13993; Gunvor (1895). Starboard bow from elevated position on cliffs. Sails set on fore and main. Two rowing boats on starboard quarter view.
The sailing barque Gunvor (1895) aground on rocks off Black Head, near Coverack. (Glass plate negative)
G14009; Malta (1865). Starboard bow view from cliffs. Waves breaking over hull, semi-submerged to forecastle break. Name obscured by wave.
Starboard bow view of the passenger liner Malta (1865) wrecked off the rocks in the bay on the north-east side of Kendijack Castle (Glass plate negative)
South America (1900) and Abertaye (1888) (Glass plate negative)
The stern section of the passenger/cargo liner Suevic (1900) underway going backwards with the bow section on the rocks. (Glass plate negative)
G14022; Paknam (1895). Starboard bow elevated view from cliffs. Ship listing to port. Lifeboats and rowing boats off port side. Cliff face on right.
Paknam (1895) aground below the Morvah Cliffs, Cornwall (Glass plate negative)
G14221; Trooper (). Port side very close up of large hole in the hull just below the bridge. Detail of damage to the hull.
A general view from aft of the funnel, looking forward on the port side, of the collision damage to the cargo ship Trooper (1902) (Glass plate negative)
The cargo ship Blue Jacket (1882) semi-submerged off Longships Lighthouse. (Glass plate negative)
The cargo steamer Blue Jacket (1882) aground on rocks off Longships Lighthouse. (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view of the RNLI boat Elizabeth & Blanche (1895) under sail, leaving Penzance Harbour. (Glass plate negative)
A view from a rocky beach towards the Hellweathers with sections of hull and transom from a wreck in the foreground (Glass plate negative)
G14061; Cromdale (1891). Port bow, masts all gone, hull awash except forecastle. Taken from cliffs.
The sailing ship Cromdale (1891) totally dismasted and mostly submerged off Bass Point. (Glass plate negative)
An elevated port bow view of the passenger/cargo ship Suffolk (1881), agorund on rocks below Lizard Point. (Glass plate negative)
The stern section of the passenger/cargo liner Suevic (1900) in Trafalgar Dock at Harland & Wolff's Ship Repair Yard, Southampton (Glass plate negative)
G13994; Gunvor (1895). Starboard just aft of beam. Awash to upper deck level. Elevated view from cliffs, sails set.
The sailing barque Gunvor (1895) aground off Black Head, near Coverack. (Glass plate negative)
G14192; Seine (). Close up of bow from beach. Bow and forecastle leaning to port. People on bowsprit and hull.
A bow view of the barque Seine (1899) wrecked on Perranporth Beach, with children climbing on the hull. (Glass plate negative)
G14018; Olympe (1860). Starboard bow view from beach. Tide out. Heeling to port. Ship's boat in foreground. People on beach by hull.
The schooner Olympe (1860) stranded on Gunwalloe Church Cove beach. (Glass plate negative)
G14001; G. Koch (1888). Close up off port bow from elevated position. Tide in, houses on the left.
The Danish steamer G. Koch (1888) aground off Dolor Point, Coverack. (Glass plate negative)
G14374; Welcome Home (unknown). Starboard bow view of the Welcome Home aground on a flat beach. a rowing boat is alongside her beam. The photographer was standing on the beach. In the background is a large house just set back from the cliffs.
A starboard view, just forward of the beam, of the wooden schooner Welcome Home (1881) aground on Towans Beach, Hayle (Glass plate negative)
G14175; William Cory. Port side just off the bow. Bow to bridge under water. Stern out. Tide in compared to G14176.
The wreck of the general cargo ship William Cory (1909) below Boscaswell Cliffs, near Pendeen Watch. (Glass plate negative)