A port bow view, taken from a motor launch towing a rowing boat, of the passenger/cargo liner Gothland (1893) aground on Gunner's Rock, Western Rocks, south west of St Agnes. The ship is listing slightly to port. Two ship's boats are alongside. Part of the motor launch's starboard quarter can be seen in the bottom right of the image.

The Gothland was on passage from Montreal, having left on 12 June, to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain and passengers when it ran aground on Gunner's Rock in thick fog. The passengers and most of the crew were take off by both RNLI lifeboats from St Mary's and St Agnes and transferred to Lyonnesse for disembarking at St Mary's. The ship was refloated once temprary repairs had concluded to Holds 2 and 3, and the ship was towed to St Mary's before being taken to Southampton for repairs and a return to active service.