On 28 March 1884 the Balbec struck a submerged object off the Longships and started to take on water so the captain beached the vessel in Nanjizal bay. The Balbec was on passage from Liverpool bound for Le Harve with a general cargo.
848 ton (774 grt) Clyde built Cunarder, wrecked on a bright clear day. Left Liverpool on her 'standard' run the day before, with hides and chemicals, crew 29, five passengers. As she rounded Land's End at 12, in calm sea, she gave a shudder; water was pouring in through the coal bunker. Captain Marsh ran her ashore. Trinity House searched at the time for a sunken object but found nothing, not even a rock or reef, as it was an extremely low tide. Balbec was built Clyde 1852, the fourth Cunard vessel lost on the Cornish coast. William Denny 1852; 209 x 30 feet; Engines (1873) by J Jack Rollo, Liverpool.
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