The French cargo schooner Olympe (1860) aground at Gunwalloe Church Cove

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The French cargo schooner Olympe (1860) aground at Gunwalloe Church Cove

A middle-distant port quarter view of the French two-masted cargo schooner Olympe (1860) stranded on the beach at Gunwalloe (Church Cove). The tide is coming in but has yet to reach the ship. On the left at the head of the beach is the parish church of St Winwaloe with the hills of the Lizard in the background. Seven men are standing on the beach just off the port quarter and stern. The photographer as standing on the beach on some rocks at the tide line looking north-east towards the church.

The 180 ton French schooner ran aground in gale-force conditions, on Gunwalloe Church Cove beach on 3 October 1910 on voyage from Lannion to Swansea with a cargo of pit wood. The captain and crew were saved by workers from a nearby hotel forming a human chain.

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Object Details

ID:	G14019
Collection:	Historic Photographs
Type:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Gibson & Sons of Scilly
Vessels:	Olympe (1860)
Date made:	October 1910
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection
Measurements:	Overall: 254 mm x 304 mm