£80
Shipwreck Photographs The Islands of Scilly Two views of the bow section of the 'ss.Plympton', after running onto the Lethegus Rocks, 22nd July 1906, one pasted onto card; Four views of the Cypriot motor-vessel 'Poleire', sunk on Little Kettle Rock, Tresco, 15th April 1970, with a photograph of shipbuilders nameplate, having been recently salvaged; Two postcards of the 'Nando' by the Gibsons, one pasted onto card, and one photograph; a photograph and a postcard of the paddle steamer 'ps. Earl of Arran', after hitting Irishman’s Ledge on the east side of Nornour and coming aground at Nornour Brow (where one can still see the boilers), postcard stamped F.E. Gibson; Five views of the Scottish 'King Cadwallion', aground on Hard Lewis, 22nd July 1906, four stamped by Gibson to the versos; the 'Mare des Isles Innisidgen', aground 1979, with tissue guard and F.E. Gibson stamp; Postcard of the 'Queen', beached at St. Martins, 1880, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; Crew of the 'Mynomie R. Kirby', Scilly, 1933; Two negatives and photos from said negatives of the Liberian supertanker 'Torrey Canyon', ran on to the Seven Stones reef, 18th March 1967; With a number of mostly later prints including the sv. Buteshire, ss.Setriembe, James Armstrong and the ss.Schiller (amongst others). - Collaged images might not be to the correct scale
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