The sailing ship Andola (1886) aground, broadside-to, off Manacle Point.
A starboard broadside view of the three-masted sailing ship Andola (1886) stranded on the shore broadside-to with a list to port. The photograph was taken from the beach below Manacle Point, three-quarters of a mile south-west of Porthoustock. The sails are furled and the rig is in good order. Both anchors had been laid off the port side to try to prevent the ship striking the rocks further but they dragged.
The Andola had left Tacoma on 9 August 1894 with a cargo of wheat to go to Falmouth for orders (to proceed to Hull) and provisions. On 29 January Andola left Falmouth but the wind shifting to the south-east took the ship aback. As the weather was deteriorating with squally snow showers the ship tacked off shore but despite seeing the Lizard lights and hearing a bell, the ship struck the Shark's Fin Rocks off Manacle Point and ended up on the below the cliffs on 30 January 1895.
The Andola had left Tacoma on 9 August 1894 with a cargo of wheat to go to Falmouth for orders (to proceed to Hull) and provisions. On 29 January Andola left Falmouth but the wind shifting to the south-east took the ship aback. As the weather was deteriorating with squally snow showers the ship tacked off shore but despite seeing the Lizard lights and hearing a bell, the ship struck the Shark's Fin Rocks off Manacle Point and ended up on the below the cliffs on 30 January 1895.
Object Details
ID: | G14067 |
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Collection: | Historic Photographs |
Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
Vessels: | Andola (1886) |
Date made: | 30 January - 4 February 1895; 31 January - 4 February 1895 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 254 mm x 304 mm |