A section of the hull of the seven-masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson (1902) semi-submerged off the coast of Annet Island, near St. Agnes. Waves are breaking along its length. The photographer was standing on the rocks at the west side of Annet, which frame the bottom of the photograph..

A glass copy negative from an original print.

The Thomas W. Lawson (1902) was on passage, after leaving Philadelphia on 20 November 1907 for London with a cargo of paraffin oil worth £40,000. The ship had met two bad gales while crossing the Atlantic and on 13 December found itself inside the Bishop Rock where it anchored in Broad Sounds to wait out the strong northwesterly gale. Despite offers of assistance from the St. Agnes lifeboat the captain refused and the crew remained on board. The gale increased during the night, parting both anchor cables and the schooner drifted towards Annet, struck west of Carn Irish and broke in two. Only three crew were rescued the next day, including Captain Dow and Edward Rowe, the ship's engineer. George Allen later died.