A starboard bow view of the temporary repairs to the collision damage to the Norwegian iron cargo steamship Zeus (1872). The port bow has been made watertight using sheets of iron bolted to the hull, while the starboard side is a series of timbers laid horizontally up the side of the ship. These have been bolted into place and reinforced with upright timbers and metal strips. The ship is secured alongside the quay in the Dock in Penzance harbour. a man is standing on the deck of a small wooden vessel with a saw in his right hand looking at the camera. The port anchor is suspended down the bow with the top of the shank just below the hawse hole.

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.