Starboard bow view of the passenger liner Malta (1865) wrecked off the rocks in the bay on the north-east side of Kendijack Castle

An image showing 'P50821; A port bow view taken from the cliffs of the passenger/cargo ship Malta (1865) semi-submerged on the rocks.'

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Starboard bow view of the passenger liner Malta (1865) wrecked off the rocks in the bay on the north-east side of Kendijack Castle

A starboard bow view of the passenger liner Malta (1865), submerged to the forecastle deck, off the rocks in the bay on the north-east side of Kendijack Castle looking towards Botallack Head. The ship's figurehead is clear of the water. The ship is submerged from the stern to the forecastle with just the roof of the deckhouse above water. The sea is pouring over the wreck with some waves breaking against the side near the foremast. The two stone Engine Houses belong to Crown Mines on the lower part of Botallack Head.

A glass copy negative from an original print.

The Malta was on passage from Liverpool with 40 crew and 21 passengers, and a cargo of about 2,000 tons for Falmouth to complete loading and then to Gibraltar. Having left Liverpool on 14 October the Malta struck the cliffs close to Cape Cornwall at a little after 7pm on 15 October 1889 at full speed (9 knots). The passengers were landed by about 830pm and the crew came off at about midnight [see Wreck Report for Malta, no. 3919].

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Object Details

ID:	P50821
Collection:	Historic Photographs
Type:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Date made:	1874; 1879 1881 1888 1889 1893 1895 1899 Circa 16-17 October 1889 1902 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1917 1918 1921 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1939 1989
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection