A port side view just forward of the broadside, for the cargo ship William Cory (1909) semi-submerged off the cliffs at Boscaswell, near Pendeen, Cornwall. The ship's bow is out of the picture. The ship is semi-submerged from the bow to the bridge. The stern is out of the water, exposing the top of the rudder and propeller aperture. This photograph is taken some days afterwards as the timber in the water has cleared away from the wreck. The photographer was standing on the cliffs at Boscaswell looking northeast. A group of men are on the cliffs below.

The emulsion has been reattached after lifting from the glass leaving black lines.

The William Cory was on passage from Oulu, Finland, bound for Newport, Wales, with a cargo of timber pit props. On 5 September 1910 the ship was steaming in fog when it struck outlying rocks off Bottallack Head, putting a hole in the forward hull. The captain looked to beach the ship but could only find cliffs. The ship was grounded on rocks below the cliffs at Boscaswell, near Pendeen Watch. The crew took to the boats but had trouble getting ashore as the deck cargo was floating in the seas. The ship was written off and the cargo of pit props was purchased by the Levant Mine nearby.