A close-up bow view of the sailing barque Seine (1899) wrecked on Perranporth Beach, Cornwall, resting on the port side. Only the bow/forecastle section is intact, the rest of the hull having been broken up in the heavy weather, leaving twisted frames and plates on the beach behind the bow section. Children are standing and sitting on the twisted starboard side forecastle bulwark, while three are standing on the stump of the bowspritand another sitting in the rigging hanging down below the broken bowsprit.

The Seine was on its way from Iquique to Falmouth with a cargo of saltpetre when it was driven ashore in heavy weather on 28 December 1900. Part of the crew was rescued by rockets and breaches buoys while the others had to drop over the side of the ship and be rescued by locals in the surf. The wreck was sold.