A port bow view of the dismasted German barquentine Albert Wilhelm (1856) listing to port on Porthkidney Beach, off Lelant, near St Ives. The foremast has collapsed over the port bow bulkhead onto the beach and the lower stump on the main mast is still in place. Three men are on the foredeck near the windlass and another is on the bowsprit. Two men stand below the bowsprit looking up. Another man is working on the top of the rigging on the fallen foremast. Two men in hats stand by the port quarter near some wreckage, looking at the hull. The foremast was still standing, with sails set, the day after being wrecked on the beach, so the photograph was taken sometime in late October 1886 after its collapse and after G14813 where the foremast is still standing.

The Albert Wilhelm (1856) was on passage from Ramsey to Fowey in ballast when it encountered gales and heavy seas. The brigantine possibly hit Stones Reef off Godvrey Point before beaching on the sands at Porthkidney Beach close to Carrak Gladden and Lelant. Four of the crew were rescued using Breeches Buoys during the night, while the remaining five were rescued by the Hayle Lifeboat Isis when it managed to reach the wreck at 7am the next day.