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A port bow view of the steam collier Ransome (1870) aground water-logged off the entrance to Penzance Harbour. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the RNLI boat Elizabeth & Blanche (1895) under sail leaving the entrance of Penzance Harbour. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the steam collier Ransome (1870) aground and submerged to the open bridge off the entrance to Penzance Harbour. (Glass plate negative)
A distant port quarter view of the Norwegian barque Petrellen (1855) aground on Long Rock Beach, Penzance, during a gale. (Glass plate negative)
A distant port side view of the topsail schooner Torbay Lass (1864) aground on the Cressars, off Penzance (Glass plate negative)
Close-up of the collision damage, after temporary repair, to the cargo ship Trooper (1902) at Penzanace (Glass plate negative)
The three-masted barque Polykarp (1880) dismasted alongside the south pier of the inner harbour at Penzance (Glass plate negative)
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A port bow view of the brigantine Henry Harvey (1857) aground with the tide out on Battery Rocks, Penzance. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the brigantine Henry Harvey (1857) aground upright off Battery Rocks, Penzance. (Glass plate negative)
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