An elevated starboard bow view of the cargo steamer Highland Fling (1890) aground off Enys Head, near Cadgwith, Cornwall. The three tugs (one out of the image) of Eagle, Victor and Triton (right) are attached by tow ropes attempting to pull her off astern. Steam or smoke is coming from the main hatchway and water is being pumped over the side. Eight small rowing boats are waiting off the port and starboard sides. Three of the ship's lifeboats are tied behind a larger single-masted sailing vessel anchored off the port quarter ahead of an unidentified tug. The photographer was standing on the headland looking southeast.

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].