A close up, port quarter view of the bow section (bow to bridge) of the passenger/cargo liner Suevic (1900) on the Maenheere Reef, off The Lizard. The stern section was removed using dynamite and steamed backwards under its own steam on 2 April 1907 for Southampton. The photographer was in a boat close to the bow section and the image shows some of the inside of the ship where the stern had been detatched.

The negative has been altered with masking fluid on the glass side and graphite on the emulsion side to emphasise the dark areas of the ship's bridge and sea. 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 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.