A starboard bow view of the French two-masted cargo schooner Olympe (1860) stranded on the beach at Gunwalloe (Church Cove), listing to port. The tide is out and beach has some debris, including a wooden rowing boat in the foreground, possibly from the wreck. In the background are the cliffs that border the south side of the beach. A small group of five men are standing on the beach just off the port side. The photographer was standing on the beach at the high water line looking south-west to the ship.

The 180 ton French schooner ran aground in gale-force conditions, on Gunwalloe Church Cove beach on 3 October 1910 on voyage from Lannion to Swansea with a cargo of pit wood. The captain and crew were saved by workers from a nearby hotel forming a human chain.