The schooner Lizzie R Wilce (1876) stranded on Porthminster Beach, St. Ives.

A port bow view of the three-masted topsail schooner Lizzie R Wilce (1876) stranded on Porthminster Beach, St Ives. Waves are breaking on the beach just between the main and mizzen mast. Six men are on the beach at the surf line, all are looking down at the water. In the background is Pedn Olva with St Ives in the distance. The photographer was on the beach looking north west.

On 7 January 1908, Lizzie R Wilce was beached off Pedn Olva, St Ives on Porthminster beach during a gale. The crew was rescued by the St. Ives RNLI boat.

This is a glass copy negative of an original print.

Object Details

ID: G14084
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Vessels: Lizzie R Wilce (1876)
Date made: 8-14 January 1908
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection
Measurements: Overall: 254 mm x 304 mm