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The sailing ship Andola (1886) stranded aground off Manacle Point. (Glass plate negative)
G14244; Renwick (1890. Renwick (1890). Starboard bow view from the beach. Tide out, ship aground. People standing on the rocks and the beach.
The cargo steamer Renwick (1890) stranded in Castle Beach in Falmouth Bay (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view of the Norwegian three-masted barque Petrellen (1855), listing slightly to starboard, dried out on Long Rock Beach, Penzance. (Glass plate negative)
Captain H. E. Anderson climbing down a ladder from the salvage ship Greencastle (1884) to dive on the wreck of the 64-gun Third Rate HMS Anson (1781). (Glass plate negative)
The launching of the RNLI boat Elizabeth and Blanche (1895) from its carriage in Penzance Harbour. (Glass plate negative)
The cargo steamer Umbre (1898) aground and awash on the beach below Greeb Point, Morvah. (Glass plate negative)
The wrecked remains of the three-masted barque Abernyte (1875) below Rill Head, near The Lizard. (Glass plate negative)
G14155; Highland Fling. End of view of hull looking into each deck while in dry dock. Taken from an elevated position.
A view directly into the hull of the cargo steamer Highland Fling (1890) (Glass plate negative)
G14053; City of Cardiff (1906). Close up of man being hauled ashore from ship. Port bow behind.
A crew member being winched from the City of Cardiff (1906) in a breeches buoy. (Glass plate negative)
Captain H. E. Anderson descending the ladder into the water from the salvage vessel Greencastle (1884) to dive the wreck of the 64-gun Third Rate HMS Anson (1781). (Glass plate negative)
G14016; Olympe (1860). Port quarter view from cliffs. People standing on beach by port bow. Tide out. Beach littered with debris.
The schooner Olympe (1860) stranded on the beach at Gunwalloe. (Glass plate negative)
A bow view of the general cargo steamer Wimborne (1898) semi-submerged off Tol-Padn-Penwith, Cornwall (Glass plate negative)
18 coffins stacked in a mass grave at St Keverne Church containing bodies from the wreck of the Passenger/cargo ship Mohegan (1898) (Glass plate negative)
P50688; A view of the steam cargo ship Blue Jacket (1883) aground on rocks off the Longship Light.
A port broadside view of the iron screw cargo steamer Blue Jacket (1883) aground on the rocks off Longships Lighthouse, Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
P50760; A starboard bow view from an elevated position on the cliffs of the Norwegian barque Guvnor (1895) aground with sails still set. [landscape view].
An elevated starboard bow view of the Norwegian steel three-masted barque Gunvor (1895) aground on the rocks at Pedn Boar, Black Head, southwest of Coverack. (Glass plate negative)
G14168; Huddersfield. Port, just aft of beam. Very low in water with waves breaking over hull. Funnel obscured by waves and spray.
A broadside view of the general cargo ship Huddersfield (1900) wrecked off Gawlish Cliffs, North Devon. (Glass plate negative)
G14178; William Cory. Port, just off the stern from rocks below cliff. Propeller and rudder exposed.
A port quarter view of the general cargo ship William Cory (1909) aground below Boscaswell Cliffs, near Pendeen. (Glass plate negative)
G14165; Hansey. Port side view looking down onto ship from cliffs. Cargo spilt out.
A close-up port side view of the sailing ship Hansey (1885) wrecked below Pen Olver, The Lizard. (Glass plate negative)
The stern section of the cargo steamer Highland Fling (1890) at the break before the bridge, alongside the outer harbour, Falmouth (Glass plate negative)
G14028; Paris (1889). Just off starboard bow, aground. Lizard, Ajax and Ranger. Tug alongside camera aft beam. Masts of Mohegan faint off right of ship.
The passenger/cargo liner Paris (1889) stranded at Lowland Point, near Coverack. (Glass plate negative)
Lizzie R Wilce (1876) and Mary Barrow (1891) stranded on Porthminster Beach, St Ives. (Glass plate negative)
A painting imagining the wrecking of the sailing ship Khyber (1880) at Porth Loe Cove, near Porthgwarra. (Glass plate negative)
An elevated view looking down at a port side view of the semi-submerged passenger excursion steamer The Lady of the Isles (1875) off Lamorna Cove's stone pier. (Glass plate negative)
The general cargo steamer Tripolitania (1897) aground on the Loe Bar, near Porthleven, Cornwall (Glass plate negative)