A starboard broadside view of the wrecked cargo steamer Earl of Lonsdale (1872) semi-submerged off the coast of Saint Agnes, Isles of Scilly. The ship is mostly obcured by the large rock outcrops in the centre of the image, so that just the bow and part of the stern are visible either side.

The Earl of Lonsdale was on passage from Alexandria to Portishead, when it ran aground in dense fog on the night of 7/8 June 1885. The crew were saved but the ship became a total loss, as water flowed into the ship on the rising tide. Part of the cargo of cotton seed and beans was salvaged by local boats. The ship had broken in two by 28 August 1885 and the stern fallen into deep water. Parts of the machinery were salvaged.