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The general cargo ship Wimborne (1898) wrecked off Tol-Padn-Penwith, Cornwall. (Glass plate negative)
The general cargo ship Wimborne (1898) wrecked off the cliffs at Tol-Padn-Penwith, Cornwall (Glass plate negative)
The cargo steamer City of Cardiff (1906) aground in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
The upturned hull of the French schooner Espiegle (1903) wrecked off the cliffs at Tol-Pedn-Penwith. (Glass plate negative)
The passenger/cargo ship Balbec (1853) beached at Nanjizal Bay, Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
City of Cardiff (1906) (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Cornwall. (Glass plate negative)
A crew member being pulled ashore using a breaches buoy from the cargo ship City of Cardiff (1906) (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Cornwall. (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) dried out on the rocks against the cliffs of Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
A middle distant port side view of the steamer Harberton (1894) in ballast and under tow off Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
Rescuing crew from the City of Cardiff (1906) (Glass plate negative)
The rescue of a creman from the stranded City of Cardiff (1906) in Mill Bay (or Nanjizal). (Glass plate negative)
The cargo ship City of Cardiff (1906) aground in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay]. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground against the cliffs in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
The Sennen Rocket Brigade rescuing a crewman from the steamship City of Cardiff (1906), Mill Bay, near Land’s End (Glass plate negative)
A partially obscured starboard side view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Cornwall. (Glass plate negative)
A crew member being winched from the City of Cardiff (1906) in a breeches buoy. (Glass plate negative)
A bow view of the general cargo steamer Wimborne (1898) semi-submerged off Tol-Padn-Penwith, Cornwall (Glass plate negative)
A crewman being winched ashore from the City of Cardiff (1906) in a breeches buoy. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view of the steam collier Llandaff (1865) aground and dried out in Nanjizal Bay [Mill Bay], Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
The general cargo steamer Wimborne (1898) semi-submerged off Tol-Pedn-Penwith, near Land's End. (Glass plate negative)
Land's End, Cornwall (Sheet film negative)
Land's End, Cornwall (Sheet film negative)
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