A port bow view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Cornwall.
A port bow view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground under the cliffs of Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Land's End, Cornwall. The bow is partially obscured by a pinnacle of rock that dominates the centre left of the image. The tide is completely out leaving the ship dry on the rocky beach. The photographer was standing on the cliffs on the northwest side of the bay, looking south east towards the headlands of Carn Les Boel [Cliff Castle] and, in the distance, Carn Barra.
The Llandaff, in ballast, was on passage from Sheerness to Cardiff when it went ashore in Mill Bay/Nanjizal Bay in thick weather. The crew were taken off and landed in Sennan Cove. The ship had a hole in the hull which filled with the tide [Royal Cornwall Gazette, 4 May 1899]. The ship was later refloated in May 1899 by the West of England Salvage Company and sold for £870.
The Llandaff, in ballast, was on passage from Sheerness to Cardiff when it went ashore in Mill Bay/Nanjizal Bay in thick weather. The crew were taken off and landed in Sennan Cove. The ship had a hole in the hull which filled with the tide [Royal Cornwall Gazette, 4 May 1899]. The ship was later refloated in May 1899 by the West of England Salvage Company and sold for £870.
Object Details
ID: | G14305 |
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Collection: | Historic Photographs |
Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
Date made: | 27 April to 9 May 1899 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in |
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