A port quarter view of the abandoned pilot cutter Queen (1855) disintegrating on Par Beach, St. Martin's.

A port quarter view of the abandoned pilot cutter Queen (1855) dried out at the top of Par Beach, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. The cutter has been on the beach long enough for upper deck planking and beams to have gone and the sand has over spilled into the hull, partially burying that side of the cutter. The lower mast and bowsprit are still in place, but the bulwarks have disintegrated. In the background, looking east is the headland at the end of Par Beach and, to the right, English Island, Nornour Island, and Great Ganilly Island.

The Queen was a 47ft pilot cutter owned by John Bansfield, St. Mary's. It was condemned and put ashore on 27 June 1889.

Object Details

ID: G14236
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Date made: Circa 1890
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in