Perhaps the most famous part of our archive is our collection of shipwreck photographs. From their very first interest in photography successive generations of the family have made it their business to photograph the many shipwrecks that occur around the coast of Scilly and West Cornwall. This has resulted in a fabulous pictorial record of maritime disaster that cannot be matched. Below are a few examples, for a more detailed list go to the shipwreck catalogue.
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004001
1997
Name of ship:
Cita
Where wrecked:
Scilly
004002
1913
Name of ship:
Cromdale
Where wrecked:
Under Lloyds Signal Station, The Lizard
004003
1872
Name of ship:
Earl of Arran
Where wrecked:
Beached on Nor-Nor IOS
004004
1885
Name of ship:
Earl of Lonsdale
Where wrecked:
St Agnes,
Isles of Scilly
004005
1902
Name of ship:
Glenbervie
Where wrecked:
The Lizard
004006
1895
Name of ship:
Granite State
Where wrecked:
Porthcurno
004007
1912
Name of ship:
Gunvor
Where wrecked:
Black Head, The Lizard
004008
1911
Name of ship:
Hansey
Where wrecked:
Hounsel Bay, The Lizard
004009
1913
Name of ship:
J Duncan
Where wrecked:
Tolpedn,
Near Lands End
004010
1962
Name of ship:
Jeanne Gougy
Where wrecked:
Lands End
004011
1888
Name of ship:
Jeune Hortense
Where wrecked:
Eastern Green, Penzance
004012
1908
Name of ship:
Lizzie R Wilce
Where wrecked:
St Ives
004013
1912
Name of ship:
Mildred
Where wrecked:
Gurnards Head
004014
1874
Name of ship:
Minnehaha
Where wrecked:
Penninis,
St Marys,
Isles of Scilly
004015
1909
Name of ship:
Plympton
Where wrecked:
St Agnes,
Isles of Scilly
004016
1879
Name of ship:
River Lune
Where wrecked:
Tresco,
Isles of Scilly
004017
1872
Name of ship:
Rosa Tacchini
Where wrecked:
Hartland,
North Devon
004018
1900
Name of ship:
Seine
Where wrecked:
Woolpack Point, Isles of Scilly
004019
1912
Name of ship:
Tripolitania
Where wrecked:
In Penzance harbour
004020
1967
Name of ship:
Torrey canyon
Where wrecked:
Near Lamorna, Cornwall