A starboard bow view of the collision damage to the Norwegian iron cargo steamship Zeus (1872). The ship is secured alongside the quay in the Dock in Penzance harbour. Two men are standing on the forecastle deck above the buckled and torn plating and broken stempost. The port anchor has been lowered into the water to just below its stock while the starboard anchor is resting on the forecastle. A man is standing in a rowing boat looking up to the right, just off the port bow between the ship and the quay.

The Norwegian steamer Zeus (1872) was on passage from Rouen to Newport, Monmouthshire, when it collided with the Norwegian steamer Jarl (1899) four miles WSW of Longships on 6 November 1918. Both ships put into Penzance that same morning with serious damage. The Jarl was on its way to St. Malo from Cardiff with a cargo of coal. Both ships left Penzance for Newport on 23 November 1918.