A view from the cliff tops looking down at a port side view, just aft of the broadside, of the French steel three-masted ship Socoa (1901) aground and partially submerged off Kildown Point, near Cadgwith, Cornwall. Waves from the swell are washing around the poop deck and bulwarks with some waves flowing over the upper deck around the main mast. Some of the sails have been partially furled, while others are still set. A slightly closer view of the shop than G14199.

The French owned steel sailing ship was on passage from Stettin to San Francisco with a cargo of cement for the city's rebuilding. Socoa became stranded near Cadgwith during thick weather on 1 August 1906 but was refloated after 50,000 barrels of cement were jettisoned over the side and beached in Cadgwith Cove on 26 August 1906 [The Times, 28 August 1906]. The ship was then towed to Falmouth by four steamers with pumps keeping it afloat, arriving 31 August 1906 [The Times, 1 September 1906].