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The cargo steamer Renwick (1890) stranded in Castle Beach in Falmouth Bay
A starboard bow view of the cargo steamer Renwick (1890) stranded on Castle Beach in Falmouth Bay. People are standing on the beach and rocks off the ship's starboard side as the tide is out. Pendennis headland and Pendennis Point is in the background.
The glass side of the negative has had masking fluid added to create clouds and obscure some of the hull detail.
On 26 February 1903, the Renwick was in ballast when it dragged ashore on Castle Beach in Falmouth Bay during a south-westerly gale. On 11 March 1903 the ship was floated off and towed into Falmouth Harbour [Dundee Courier, 12 March 1903]. The ship later was sold and after temporary repairs was taken to Cardiff to be repaired in Mount Stuart Dry Dock, arriving on Monday 6 April 1903 [Western Mail, 7 April 1903].
The glass side of the negative has had masking fluid added to create clouds and obscure some of the hull detail.
On 26 February 1903, the Renwick was in ballast when it dragged ashore on Castle Beach in Falmouth Bay during a south-westerly gale. On 11 March 1903 the ship was floated off and towed into Falmouth Harbour [Dundee Courier, 12 March 1903]. The ship later was sold and after temporary repairs was taken to Cardiff to be repaired in Mount Stuart Dry Dock, arriving on Monday 6 April 1903 [Western Mail, 7 April 1903].
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Object Details
| ID: | G14244 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
| Date made: | 26 February to 10 March 1903; February 1903 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in |