A close-up direct bow view of the collision damage to the Norwegian iron cargo steamship Jarl (1889) showing some of the work to effect temporary repairs the damage. The slit in the plating has been boarded up with bolted timbers and the bent plates on the starboard bow have been cut away to the frame. A baulk of timber is suspended in the centre below the level of the forecastle, which is held up with two large pit props. Three men are standing on the upper deck under the forecastle, two looking at the camera through the gap where the stempost has been cut away. A man is standing on the forecastle looking down at the deck. The ship is alongside the quay in the Dock in Penzance harbour. Off Jarl's port side is the Armed Trawler Jane Ross (1901), which was an Aberdeen trawler requisitioned in June 1915.

The Norwegian steamer Zeus (1872) was on passage from Rouen to Newport, Monmouthshire, when it collided with the Norwegian steamer Jarl (1899) four miles WSW of Longships on 6 November 1918. Both ships put into Penzance that same morning with serious damage. The Jarl was on its way to St. Malo from Cardiff with a cargo of coal. Both ships left Penzance for Newport on 23 November 1918.