A starboard side view, just forward of the broadside, of the partially dismantled hull of the barque Sophie (1857) on the southern end of the beach at New Grimsby, Tresco Island. The hull is leaning over on the starboard broadside. The lower hull planks and the bulwark planks have been removed, along with some of the lower frames. The port side has collapsed inwards where the deck beams and planking have been removed. The hulk is beached just below the high water mark, indicated by the lines of seaweed. The tide is out. In the background, on the right, are three cottages in a terrace in the settlement of New Grimsby, at the north end of the beach. In the distance, on the left, is the island of Brynher.

The barque Sophie was on passage from Swansea to Christiania (Oslo) when the crew abandoned it in a leaking and dismasted state, except for a dog left on board. The drifting ship was occupied with a temporary crew and towed to New Grimsby by the Lady of the Isles. The owners claimed the wreck and sold it for £250 to T. Dorrien Smith, the owner of Tresco Abbey. He broke the ship up for fencing and buildings, and used the cargo of coal/anthracite for heating his greenhouses. The original crew were picked up on 14 December 1896 by the British steamer Glenmore and landed at Gibraltar on 20 December.