A tangle of masts, rigging and yards from the wrecked wooden barque G. I. Jones (1867) at the top of Perranuthnoe Beach, below the cliffs. In the far distance is Maen-du Point and the line of rocks that make up Greeb Rock. A small group of men, women and a child are posing behind the spars, looking at the camera. Other men, women and children are standing on the beach looking out to sea, including two Royal Navy sailors.

The top left corner has red masking fluid on it, covering where the emulsion and image are poor.

The Newport-registered wooden sailing barque G. I. Jones (1867) was on passage from Charlestown, having left on 20 July 1883, bound for Falmouth with a cargo of phosphate rock. After picking up a pilot off Scilly, the ship was struck by a severe hurricane that affected a lot of shipping along the south coast of England on the night of 1 September 1883. The pilot had endeavoured to weather the Lizard but finding this impractical ran for Penzance. They could not get round Grebe rock and dragging their anchor struck. The ship went to pieces quickly and eleven of the thirteen crew were drowned: Captain Norton, Robert M'Clearn of Montrose (first mate, Fred. Norton (second mate), Anderson, Morris, Kennedy and William Garland, the pilot James Andrew, and three unnamed crew. The survivors were John M'Carthy of Carrickfergus and Henry Oldridge of Tentern Abbey, a boy [Aberdeen Journal, 3 September 1883, Western Mail, 3 September 1883]. The first body, William Morris, and a Norwegian, was recovered on Sunday 2 September. On the Monday morning four more were found: Captain William Norton, Robert C'Clearn, John Kennedy (AB), and the carpenter (name unknown). In each case the body was disfigured and some were nearly naked [Western Mail, 4 September].