Wrecks Collection

Medusa Raft - 1
When French ship wrecks on the African coast, all take to boats, towing a raft; but the boats abandon the raft with 157 on it, who suffer terribly and fight, only 15 surviving. Date: July 1816

Cargo ship Tresillian wrecked in storm, 1954
Cargo ship Tresillian of the Hain Steamship Co. (St Ives) lost on the night of 29th to 30th November 1954 in St Georges Channel near Ireland with heavy loss of life

RMS Republic, SS Florida and wireless-telegraphy room
RMS Republic sank on 24rd January 1909, near Nantucket, Massachusetts, after collision with SS Florida had occurred the day before

Bermuda Triangle / Map
The area already had a sinister reputation even before the triangle was invented - wrecks were thought to end up in the Sargasso Sea

Penzance Lifeboat Rescue
The Penzance lifeboat, Richard Lewis, goes out to the North Britain, wrecked in Mounts Bay

A view of the entrance of the harbour of the Havana, taken from within the wrecks Vue de l entraee du Port de la Havane prise en dedans des Batiments echoues

Forfarshire Shipwreck 5
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine

Hurricane at Madras, India: wrecks on the beach Date: 1872

Wreck of HMS Wasp, British gun-boat, at Tory Island, Donegal, north coast of Ireland, 1884

Underwater Wrecks Museum Salvaged Sherman tank
War wrecks in French waters became the property of the French Government and millions of tons of scrap iron were recovered by specialised firms

Museum of Underwater Wrecks Port en Bessin
In 1970 Jaques Lemonchois was asked to clear war wrecks not cleared by the government. The results here include tanks, parts of aeroplanes and torpedos, plus films, photos and documents

Ice gorge wrecks, Mississippi River, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Ice gorge wrecks on the Mississippi River, St Louis, Missouri, USA - a regular phenomenon when the river freezes over. Date: circa 1905

Polish poster for a film, Wraki (Wrecks), directed by Ewa Petelska and Czeslaw Petelski. circa 1956

Forfarshire Shipwreck
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine. Date: 7 September 1838

Medusa Raft Abandoned
When French vessel wrecks on African coast, all take to boats or a raft, to be towed by the boats : but the raft is abandoned, the 157 on it suffer terribly, only 15 survive. Date: July 1816

Andrew Besley, photographer, at an exhibition about wrecks and rescues in the south west of England. Seen standing by press photographs of the Flying Enterprise

Tresco - The Valhalla - Figureheads from Shipwrecks
Tresco, The Isles of Scilly - The unique Valhalla collection, situated within Tresco Abbey Garden, containing some 30 figureheads

W Beach - Gallipoli - British Sailors attend a beach service
Sailors from HMS Marlborough attending a service being held at Gallipoli - W Beach - looking towards Tekke Burnu (with wrecks of British light landing craft in the foreground). Date: 1923

Shipwreck off a rocky coast, c. 1815
A ship is wrecked in a stormy sea off a rocky coast. People on shore try to rescue half-drowned survivors. A broken rowing boat has been washed up or dragged to shore

Junkers Ju 52 3m -pair of wrecks in the Libyan desert

American Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Burning the wrecks to avoid danger to other vessels. Date: ca. 1872

Duchess of Fife (Princess Royal) in Delhi boat accident
Page from The Tatler magazine entitled, Our Wrecked Royals reporting on the unpleasant episode experienced by Princess Louise, the Princess Royal (Duchess of Fife)

Wreck of the Stella on the Casquet rocks on 30th March 1899. The ship was sailing from Southampton when it was caught among the Casquet rocks and her bottom was torn open. The ship sank in minutes

Great Snowstorm 1881
Various ships and vessels including the Lucknow and Havelock on Ryde Pier are battered by the great snow storm & gales of 18th January 1881

Forfarshire Shipwreck 4
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine

Forfarshire Shipwreck 3
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine

Forfarshire Shipwreck 2
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine

Exploring Ww1 Wrecks
Divers explore the wrecks of vessels torpedoed during World War One : the amazing suit on the left is specially designed for very deep dives

Undersea Salvager
H W McCauleys project for a supersubmarine capable of exploring for underwater oil and mineral deposits, inspecting wrecks and observing fauna and flora

THE ROYAL GEORGE
Raising the the wreck of the Royal George, which sunk in 1782

Folklore / Places / Mythical
The legend of the SARGASSO SEA, where all the wrecks of the ocean end up

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