City of Cardiff

City of Cardiff; collier; Nanjizel Bay; Wrecked 20th March 1912; she passed SS Wimborne where she was wrecked 7th Nov 1910 (story of the rescue on my webpages for Charles Lewis Coastguard); it took 24 hours and the sea had completely broken City of Cardiff, 6 years old

The breeches bouy in use, invented by Henry Trengrouse of Porthleven after seeing the tragic loss of life in the wreck of HMS Anson
on the looe bar