A starboard side view from the drydock wall at Falmouth looking into the hull of the cargo steamer Highland Fling (1890). Ten men are standing in the hold, nine looking at the camera, while in the process of clearing the ballast shingle out in wheel barrows. Four men are standing on the upper deck below the bridge, also looking at the camera.

The emulsion has lifted and been repaired, leaving the black lines from the original cracks.

The Highland Fling (1890) was on passage from London to Buenos Aires with a cargo of cement. However, the ship put into Falmouth with a leak under the boiler, arriving on 2 January 1907. After being patched up it was decided to proceed to Cardiff for a full discharge and proper repairs. However, after leaving on the afternoon of 7 January encountered thick fog and ran aground off Enys Head, near Cadgwith. As repeated attempts to salvage the ship failed, the salvagers decided to blow the bow section off with dynamite. The stern was then towed away to Falmouth in the hope of salvaging the remaining barrels of cement, the refrigeration equipment and main engines. The hull was eventually broken up for scrap. The bow section broke up in a gale on 23 January 1907 [The Times, 21 and 24 January 1907].