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A port quater view of the ketch-rigged sailing vessel Charles Francis (1883) aground on Garrison, St. Mary's. (Glass plate negative)
A bow view of one of the two lifeboats saved from the passenger/liner Schiller (1873) (Glass plate negative)
A close-up view of some of the salvaged bales of cotton from the wreck of the Brinkburn (1894) on the Pier at Hugh Town, St. Mary's. (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 port bow view of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1897) aground in Hugh Town harbour entrance, St. Mary's. (Glass plate negative)
A gold coin adhered to a corroded iron bracket from the wreck of the passenger/liner Schiller (1873) (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)
A starboard side view of the salvage ship Ranger (1880) aground on Crow Bar, Isles of Scilly. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view of the derelict barque James Armstrong (1848) along the inside of the pierhead, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. (Glass plate negative)
The schooner-rigged cargo steamer Serica (1888) aground off Woolpack Point, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly (Glass plate negative)
The schooner-rigged cargo steamer Serica (1888) semi-submerged off Woolpack Point, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly (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 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)
Minnehaha (1857) (Glass plate negative)
The schooner-rigged cargo steamer Setiembre (1889) aground on Hats Ledge, Crow Sound (Glass plate negative)
The steam trawler Reginald (1899) [PH 75] stranded on the Ledge at Porth Hellick. (Glass plate negative)
A photographic negative of a painting showing the rescue of crew by boat and breeches buoy from the French two-masted brigantine Minerve (1857) off Morning Point, St. Mary's. (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)
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 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)
Minnehaha (1900) underway in Crow Sound, Isles of Scilly (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)
The schooner-rigged cargo steamer Serica (1888) sunk off Woolpack Point, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly (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)
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