The general cargo steel screw steamer Cragoswald (1899) semi-submerged by the bows with other ships in attendance.
A distant starboard quarter view of the general cargo steam screw ship Cragoswald (1899) semi-submerged by the bows in Mount's Bay. The bow is mostly underwater and the stern has lifted slightly. Three ships are in attendance. The middle one, broadside to the stern, has lines running between it and the stricken vessel. The photographer was at sea in a boat.
A copy negative from an original print.
The Cragoswald was on passage from Barry to Venice with a cargo of coal when it became stranded on the Low Lee Rock, Mount's Bay on 29 April 1911. According to The Times article, dated 13 April 1911, reporting on the results of the Inquiry, the captain had decided to put into Penzance as the chief engineer was seriously ill. He had misjudged the tide and current leading to the misidentification of the Low Lee Rock buoy on the west side as the Mount-a-Mopus buoy on the east side of Mount's Bay. The ship was refloated after the cargo had been jettisoned.
A copy negative from an original print.
The Cragoswald was on passage from Barry to Venice with a cargo of coal when it became stranded on the Low Lee Rock, Mount's Bay on 29 April 1911. According to The Times article, dated 13 April 1911, reporting on the results of the Inquiry, the captain had decided to put into Penzance as the chief engineer was seriously ill. He had misjudged the tide and current leading to the misidentification of the Low Lee Rock buoy on the west side as the Mount-a-Mopus buoy on the east side of Mount's Bay. The ship was refloated after the cargo had been jettisoned.
Object Details
ID: | G14134 |
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Collection: | Historic Photographs |
Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
Vessels: | Cragoswald (1899) |
Date made: | 29 April 1911 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 10 in x 12 in |