An elevated starboard bow view of the cargo steamer Highland Fling (1890) being pulled astern by the three tugs Victor, Eagle and (right) Triton, as they attempt to get the ship off the rocks. A fourth tug is partially obscured by the funnel but is not connect by a tow rope. Two ship's lifeboats are along the starboard side while three others are moored astern of a small wooden single-masted vessel anchored a short distance from the port quarter. The photographer was standing on the headland looking southeast. Other small coastal ships are standing off nearby on the port side.

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].