A port beam view of the Norwegian three-masted barque Saluto (1867) aground on the shore off Trevean and Stackhouse Sands, near Perranuthnoe and Cudden Point. The spray of a wave obscures part of the bow, as waves roll in towards the shore. An anchor is still holding the ship, but the Saluto is still at angles to the waves. Rocks can be seen in the foreground where the photographer was standing on the shore looking towards the wreck.

The Saluto (1867) was on passage from the Thames with sand ballast to Barbados but was caught in a succession of gales. The pumps became choked with sandy mud and the captain turned the ship back to Falmouth. However, on 8 December 1911 the ship was blown off course and dropped anchor about a mile off Cudden Point to the east of Penzance and Newlyn. The crew were rescued by lifeboat and breeches buoy and the ship was abandoned.

This is a glass copy negative of an original print.