A general view from the shore of the starboard side of the stern section of the passenger/cargo liner Suevic (1900) underway in astern having been separated from the bow section using dynamite. The bow, from the port side, can be seen still stuck on the rocks of the Maenheere Reef off The Lizard. Three tugs and a salvage vessel are in attendance.

The negative has been altered with masking fluid on the glass side and graphite on the emulsion side. This is a glass copy negative from an original print.

The Suevic was on passage from Melbourne to Liverpool with 382 passengers, 141 crew members and a nearly-full cargo, including thousands of sheep carcasses worth £400,000. Due to a navigational error the ship was closer in shore and further ahead of their assumed position. Suevic ran aground at full speed on 17 March 1907 and despite attempts to get her off using full stern the ship was stuck. The passengers and crew were removed by RNLI boats from four stations, taking 16 hours. As the bow was stuck on the rocks and lightening the ship did not refloat it, White Star decided to take the advice of their salvage contractors and had the stern section detached using small charges of dynamite, completed on 2 April 1907. The stern section then steamed in reverse under its own power to Southampton while a new bow section was built by Harland and Wolff.