A distant port bow view of the wreck of the five-masted ship Preussen under the cliffs of St. Margaret's Bay, Kent.
A distant port bow view of the wreck of the five-masted ship Preussen under the cliffs of St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was severely damaged in collision with the cross-channel ferry Brighton just before midnight on 4 November and her foremast and bowsprit were broken. She was anchored but her anchor chains broke in a gale and she drove ashore on 6 November. Salvage has commenced and all of her sails have been removed and some of her cargo and fittings. The wreck was destroyed in a series of gales in the period 4 to 11 January 1911.
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Object Details
ID: | N18817 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Adams, Edgar Tarry |
Vessels: | Preussen (1902) |
Date made: | November - December 1910 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm |