It would help to know the date (1920?) of this unfortunate ship and its place of grounding, it appears to be a barque, unnamed, on the Cressars, but with no background to identify the exact posiition?
This is the Glenbervie, near Coverack in 1902. She was employed as a Tea clipper, later as a codfish trader and timber trader from the St Lawrence Seaway. On this voyage she had left the Thames, for West Africa with general cargo. In bad weather she struck Lowland Point. Her cargo was salvaged but she eventually broke. This photograph by Gibsons?
800 tons - 16 people saved by the Constance Melanie, the lifeboat being not able to approach closer than 50 feet because a raging seas, eventually a rope is cast and the men were pulled to safety. 19th December 1902 she left London for Alcoa Bay. It was such bad weather that neither St Anthony Light nor Lizard were sighted.
@treeve Hi, I am the great granddaughter of Captain William Gardiner, the man in black on the photo. I have tried in vain to find out more about him and where he passed away. My father tells me that he was about 73 in that photo. I would love to trace the crew and whether or not any of them live in the area still. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Caroline Gardiner caroline.l.gardiner@hotmail.com
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