A port bow view of the general cargo ship Rosedale (1877) aground, broadside-to on Porthminster Beach, St Ives. The tide is just out, leaving a shallow area of sea lapping around the foot of the port bow. There are three men standing on the forecastle and two on the port bridge wing. In the foreground are seven men standing in a group with another man and a boy just behind.

This composition is almost identical to G14253 which was taken later when the tide was further in and there were no people on board and only two men leaning against the hull.

On 17 November 1893 Rosedale was en route from Southampton to Cardiff, when it was driven ashore during hurricane conditions, at Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall. The Coast Guard used rockets and breeches buoys to bring the 16 crew ashore, as the lifeboat could not get to the ship. The ship broke in two after a storm the following day.