A direct bow view of the collision damage to the Norwegian iron cargo steamship Zeus (1872) where the port bow has been repaired with iron sheets bolted to the hull and made watertight. The starboard bow is still open and the worst bent and buckled plates have been cut away. Scaffolding boards are suspended by ropes from the forecastle deck across both areas of damage. The ship is secured alongside the quay in the Dock in Penzance harbour.

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.