A close-up view of the collision damage to the port side below the bridge of the cargo steamer Trooper (1902) in Penzance harbour off the pier. A man is standing in a rowing gig holding a sculling oar over the starboard side and looking at the camera. The boat is secured to the lower bridge rail by a long painter (rope). Another man is standing on the bridge wing looking at the damage to the ship. The broken ship's boat is partially hanging from a davit by its stern with the bow resting on the bridge. Smoke is coming from the funnel, but this looks to have been added to the original negative, along with altering the damaged plates on the left of the hole. The tide is in enough to cover the lower part of the damage. There is no evidence of shoring up works being doing to make the ship watertight.

A copy negative from an original print.

The cargo steamer Trooper (1902) was on passage from Manchester to London with a general cargo when it was seriously damaged in a collision with the steamer British Trader off Ruddlestone on the morning of 7 July 1902. British Trader continued with its voyage undamaged, but Trooper, full of water, made it to Penzance harbour and was grounded off the pier. [The Times, 8 July 1902, Mail & Shipping Intelligence].