The cargo steamer South America (1900) aground near Merthen Point, St Loy.
A starboard bow view of the cargo steamship South America (1900) grounded on the shore in St Loy's Cove (Paynter's Cove) near Merthen Point, Cornwall. A ship's lifeboat and the RNLI lifeboat are alongside the hull off the starboard side below the bridge. The photographer is standing on the rocks and small boulders looking south, out to sea.
The South America was on voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff in ballast when it went aground below Methen Point in a moderate west south-west gale. The crew self-rescued before the RNLI lifeboat arrived. The ship was eventually abandoned after attempts to salvage it.
A glass copy negative from an original print created from the glass 6x4 inch negative P50959.
The South America was on voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff in ballast when it went aground below Methen Point in a moderate west south-west gale. The crew self-rescued before the RNLI lifeboat arrived. The ship was eventually abandoned after attempts to salvage it.
A glass copy negative from an original print created from the glass 6x4 inch negative P50959.
Object Details
| ID: | G14085 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
| Vessels: | South America (1900) |
| Date made: | Circa 14 March 1912 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 254 mm x 304 mm |