A very distant stern view of the passenger cargo/liner Jebba (1896) at the foot of Bolt Tails cliffs, near Hope Cove.

An elevated very distant view looking down from the cliffs across to the stern of the passenger cargo/liner Jebba (1896) aground broadside-to the cliffs of Bolt Tail, near Hope Cove, Devon. The ship has a slight list to starboard. A sailing ketch, with its sails furled, is along the starboard side.

The cliff face dominates the left side into the distance of the image. People are on the cliff tops with salvaged cargo cases.

The Jebba was on its way from Nigeria and the Gold Coast to Plymouth with a cargo of specie, ivory, palm oil, fruit and mail, when it ran aground in thick fog on 18 March 1907. The Times reports that the forepart was entirely submerged at times by 7 April. [The Times, Monday 8 April 1907]. The ship had broken up by summer.

Object Details

ID: G14292
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Date made: 19 March to pre 7 April 1907
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in