A middle-distant starboard broadside view of the German steel four-masted barque Pindos (1890) aground in shallow waters off Chynhalls Point (known locally as Mears Point), Coverack. The ship is broadside to the waves rolling onto the beach and is listing to port. most of the sails are furled, although the lower foresail and upper main and fore sails are partially loose and torn. The photographer was standing close to the water at the head of the beach in Coverack Cove.

The Pindos was on voyage from Mejillones, Chile, to Hamburg with a cargo of nitrates when it put into Falmouth for orders. Taken in tow by a tug, the ship departed only to be blown down channel by a south-easterly gale. The tug master cut the towing hawser resulting in a loss of steerage for the ship, which was then blown onto the rocks off Chynhalls Point on 11 February 1912. The 28 crew were rescued by the Coverack lifeboat and Coast Guard.