A port quarter view of the cargo ship Benwick (1889), aground parallel to the cliffs near Porthgwarra, Cornwall. The tide is relatively low, washing around the lower hull and propeller. The ship is heeling to starboard. The photograph was taken from an elevated position on the cliffs looking down onto the ship. Part of the cliff-face is on the left of the image.

The Benwick was on passage in ballast from Antwerp to Swansea when it struck the Runnel Stone rock, just south of Gwennap Head. The crew abandoned the ship to drift and slowly sink, ending up off the cliffs near Porthgwarra [some records state Porthcurno]. The ship went to pieces on 23 February 1903.