An image showing 'P38081; The wreck of the general cargo ship Louis Sheid (1920) on Leas Foot Beach near Thurlestone in Bigbury Bay, Devon. The wreck is in two parts and only the afterpart of the vessel, seen from wide abaft the starboard beam, is in view. It has been cut down almost to sea level with only the stern post and counter standing high. The propeller and rudder are still in place.'

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The wreck of the general cargo ship Louis Sheid (1920) near Thurlestone, Bigbury Bay, Devon

The wreck of the general cargo ship Louis Sheid (1920) on Leas Foot Beach near Thurlestone in Bigbury Bay, Devon. The wreck is in two parts and only the afterpart of the vessel, seen from wide abaft the starboard beam, is in view. It has been cut down almost to sea level with only the stern post and counter standing high. The propeller and rudder are still in place.

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Object details

ID:	P38081
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels:	Louis Sheid (1920)
Date made:	1940
People:	Norddeutscher Werft mbH
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	60 mm x 84 mm