A middle-distant port quarter view of the cargo steamer Rosedale (1877) aground on Porthminster Beach.
A middle-distant port quarter view of the general cargo ship Rosedale (1877) aground, broadside-to on Porthminster Beach, St Ives. The tide is coming in and washing around the lower part of the bow and stern. Three people are standing on the raised sand off the broadside of the ship looking at the keel and water. Another man is standing a little way off from the rope ladder. In the background is St Ives Harbour, full of ships and boats, with the breakwater on the right.
On 17 November 1893 Rosedale was en route from Southampton to Cardiff, when it was driven ashore during hurricane conditions, at Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall. The Coast Guard used rockets and breeches buoys to bring the 16 crew ashore, as the lifeboat could not get to the ship. The ship broke in two after a storm the following day.
On 17 November 1893 Rosedale was en route from Southampton to Cardiff, when it was driven ashore during hurricane conditions, at Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall. The Coast Guard used rockets and breeches buoys to bring the 16 crew ashore, as the lifeboat could not get to the ship. The ship broke in two after a storm the following day.
Object Details
| ID: | G14256 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
| Date made: | 18 November 1893 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in |
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