A starboard broadside view of the sailing barque Queen Mab (1887) under tow from the steamer Lyonnesse (out of the picture) heading towards Hugh Town, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. There are three gigs being towed off the stern with the lifeboat Henry Dundas second from last. The Lloyd's gig is off the starboard side. The photographer was on the shore. Rocks are in the foreground.

This is a copy negative from an original print, possibly from P50914.

The Queen Mab was on passage from Chile to Falmouth for orders with a cargo of logwood when it grazed the Spanish Ledge getting close in shore to take on a pilot. The ship took on water after anchoring and, with assistance from gigs and two lifeboats, and the steamer Lyonnesse was towed with difficulty to the pier head at St Mary's where it was secured very low in the water. The boats involved were the Lyonnesse steamer, St. Mary's lifeboat Henry Dundas, and the gigs Leo, O. and M., and James and Caroline, who were awarded a salvage fee in January 1904. The ship was eventually towed to Le Havre, arriving on 12 October 1903, having left on 9 October.