A port side view of the collision damage below the bridge of the cargo steamer Trooper (1902) in Penzance harbour off the pier. The top wooden board from the temporary repair of the hull is just above the waterline. The broken ship's boat is partially hanging from a bent davit by its stern with the bow resting on the bridge. The photographer was standing on the deck of a small coastal sailing ship that was alongside the north pier of the dock, looking forward to the bow from just aft of the Trooper's funnel. Penzance can be seen in the distance, with the rotunda of the Market House just forward of the foremast. A man with a moustache and wearing a flat cap is leaning on the bulwark aft of the collision damage looking at the camera.

The negative has a white flaw in the emulsion extending from the edge to the over the bridge area and down to the bottom left corner.

The cargo steamer Trooper (1902) was on passage from Manchester to London with a general cargo when it was seriously damaged in a collision with the steamer British Trader off Ruddlestone on the morning of 7 July 1902. British Trader continued with its voyage undamaged, but Trooper, full of water, made it to Penzance harbour and was grounded off the pier. [The Times, 8 July 1902, Mail & Shipping Intelligence].