A wave breaking over the sailing ship Cromdale (1891), wrecked on Bass Point

An elevated bow view, taken from the cliffs, of the three-masted sailing ship Cromdale (1891) mostly submerged on the rocks at Bass Point below the Lloyd's Signal Station, just south-east of Lizard, Cornwall. The main mast has completely disappeared while the mizzen topmast has fallen and is hanging in the rigging. The foremast is still standing. A large foaming wave is breaking over the breadth of the ship just aft of the foremast.

The Cromdale was sailing from Chile to Falmouth with a cargo of nitrates when it ran into the rocks below the Signal Station at Bass Point in dense fog. The crew took to the ship's lifeboats. The lifeboats from Lizard and Cadgwith put crew on board to rescue personal belongings but were removed as the ship was settling in the water. The wreck broke up on 30 May 1913.

Object Details

ID: G14058
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Vessels: Cromdale (1891)
Date made: 30 May 1913
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection
Measurements: Overall: 254 mm x 304 mm