A port beam view from foot of the cliffs of the French steel three-masted sailing ship Socoa (1901), stranded below the cliffs of Kildown Point, near Cadgwith, Cornwall. The hull from mizzen aft is obscured by cliff face on the right of the image. The starboard anchor has been laid and some of the sails partially furled or the yards lowered. The sunlight is shining brightly on the wet rocks at the base of the cliff, which dominate the lower portion of the image.

The French owned steel sailing ship was on passage from Stettin to San Francisco with a cargo of cement for the city's rebuilding. Socoa became stranded near Cadgwith during thick weather on 1 August 1906 but was refloated after 50,000 barrels of cement were jettisoned over the side and beached in Cadgwith Cove on 26 August 1906 [The Times, 28 August 1906]. The ship was then towed to Falmouth by the four steamers with pumps keeping it afloat, arriving 31 August 1906 [The Times, 1 September 1906].