The passenger/cargo liner Gothland (1893) aground off Gunner's Rock, Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly.

A port broadside view of the Red Star Line passenger/cargo liner Gothland (1893) aground on Gunner's Rock, Western Rocks, west of St. Agnes. The ship has a list to port. Two ship's lifeboats are alongside.

This is a glass copy negative of an original print. Red masking fluid has been used to highlight waves.

The Gothland was on passage from Montreal, having left on 12 June, to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain and passengers when it ran aground on Gunner's Rock in thick fog. The passengers and most of the crew were take off by both RNLI lifeboats from St Mary's and St Agnes and transferred to Lyonnesse for disembarking at St Mary's. The ship was refloated once temprary repairs had concluded to Holds 2 and 3, and the ship was towed to St Mary's before being taken to Southampton for repairs and a return to active service.

Object Details

ID: G14172
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Vessels: Gothic (1893)
Date made: 24-28 June 1914; 18 or 19 April 1910
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection
Measurements: Overall: 10 in x 12 in