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A photographic negative of a painting of the three-masted barquentine Tabasco (1879) against the rocks on White Island, Isles of Scilly. (Glass plate negative)
A middle distant port side view, just forward of the broadside, of the salvage ship Ranger (1880) aground on Crow Bar, just off the north of St. Mary's Island. (Glass plate negative)
The partially dismasted three-masted barque Dovre (1885) under tow from the Penzance mail steamer. (Glass plate negative)
Some fo the salvaged bales of cotton from the wrecked general cargo steamer Brinkburn (1894) unloaded at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. (Glass plate negative)
A close-up view of the starboard side of the Plymouth steam trawler Reginald (1899) ashore on Ledge, Porth Hellick. (Glass plate negative)
A gold coin adhered to a corroded iron bracket from the wreck of the passenger/liner Schiller (1873) (Glass plate negative)
The schooner-rigged cargo steamer Serica (1888) sunk off Woolpack Point, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly (Glass plate negative)
Minnehaha (1900) underway in Crow Sound, Isles of Scilly (Glass plate negative)
A painting of the Western Rocks and Bishop Rock lighthouse where the passener/liner Schiller (1873) was wrecked. (Glass plate negative)
A distant port bow view of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1887) off the pieer head at Hugh Town, St. Mary's. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard, just forward of the beam, taken from the harbour wall of the Queen Mab (1897) aground in Hugh Town harbour entrance. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bowe view of the cargo steamer Ely Rise (1877) along the inside of the pier at St. Mary's Isles of Scilly, having been salvaged. (Glass plate negative)
The Plymouth-registered steam trawler Reginald (1899) aground and dried out on the Ledge at Porth Hellick. (Glass plate negative)
A close up of water pouring from the holes on the port side of the hull of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1887), grounded at St. Mary's. (Glass plate negative)
The recovered boiler from the wrecked cargo ship Zelda (1874) being brought ashore at St. Mary's from the salvage ship Hyaena (1856). (Glass plate negative)
Recovering the boiler from the wrecked steamer Zelda (1874) ashore at St. Mary's from the salvage ship Hyaena (1856). (Glass plate negative)
A very distant port bow view of the passenger/cargo ship Bordelaise (1873) submerged near Innisidgen, St. Mary's Island, Isles of Scilly (Glass plate negative)
Two near identical images of the recovered boiler from the cargo ship Zelda (1874), being lifted ashore from the salvage ship Hyaena (1856). (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1897) aground in Hugh Town harbour entrance, St. Mary's. (Glass plate negative)
The schooner-rigged cargo steamer Serica (1888) aground off Woolpack Point, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1887) under tow from the steamer Lyonnesse (out of the picture) heading towards Hugh Town, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. (Glass plate negative)
A bow view of the Plymouth-registered steam trawler Reginald (1899) showing the impact damage from grounding on the Ledge at Porth Hellick. (Glass plate negative)
A close-up detail photograph of the water pouring from the hole below the foremast of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1897) aground in Hugh Town harbour entrance, St. Mary's. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view of the Gem (1858) partially dismantled on the shore at Pothloo, St. Mary's Island. (Glass plate negative)
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