A very distant port bow view of the cargo steamer Bordelaise (1873) aground and mostly submerged near Innisidgen, on the north east side of St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. A paddle steamer is passing between the wreck and the shore. Par Beach and Higher Town, St. Martin's, is in the background to the left of the islands of Great and Little Ganinick.

The Bordelaise (1873) with a cargo of railway sleepers had refused a pilot when at 1pm on 4 April 1874, on passing two miles south west of Menaswethan, drove onto the shoal known as the Hats off St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. The ship filled when the watertight bulkheads collapsed and it settled in the water. Some cargo was salvaged by local boats. Despite the use of steam pumps, the ship remained fast. A gale on 18 April weakened the hull and the ship broke in two on 19 April, just leaving the stern showing.