A port side view, just forward of the broadside looking aft, from an elevated position on the cliffs looking down at the three-masted sailing ship Hansy (1885) [ex Aberfoyle] wrecked on the rocks below the cliffs at Pen Olver on the northeast side of Housel Bay, Lizard. The ship has a heavy list to port. The cargo of timber has spilled out over the port side and is trapped between the hull and the cliffs. The fore topmast and main topmast have broken and the yards are at various angles, some with sails still set. The photographer was standing close to the edge of the cliffs at Pen Olver looking across Housel Bay towards the cliffs at Lion's Den with the lighthouse above.

This is a glass copy negative of an original photographic print.

The Norwegian owned three-masted sailing ship Hansy (1885) was on passage from Sundsvall, Sweden, to Sydney, Australia, with a cargo of timber when it struck a rock close to Pen Olver on 3 February 1911. The ship had been carried too close in shore in a southwesterly gale and heavy seas, barely missing the Bumble Rock on the west side of Housel Bay. The crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rockets and lines, although the captain, an officer, and a crewman were rescued by The Lizard RNLI lifeboat. The 24 rescued crew included the captain's wife and baby. A dog and the ship's cat were also saved. On 5 November the weather had moderated and a salvage party were able to board the ship. For weeks after the stranding timber floated free and was collected by local fishing boats.