Shipwrecks

We have vast displays of world war losses, shipwrecks and treasures found around the Cornish coastline and further afield. On display you can see cutlery, china, ornaments, military regalia, silver and gold coins and relics from what were then obscure lands.

Shipwreck

Here we list of a few of the shipwrecks from which artefacts are included in the collection.
We have artefacts from over 150 wrecks, from all parts of the globe, all complete with their history.
 

 

Name of ship
Type
Where lost
Year lost
Mosel
S.S.
Lizard Point, Cornwall

1882

Admiral Gardner
East Indiaman
Goodwin Sands, Kent
1809
Petrel
Schooner
Trevose Head, N. Cornwall
1886
Invincible
H.M.S. 3rd Rate
Horse Sand, Portsmouth
1758
Secil Japan
M.V.
Hell Bay, N. Cornwall
1989
Association
H.M.S. 3rd Rate
Isles Of Scilly
1707
Medina
S.S.
Start Point, S. Devon
1917
Cheerful
S.S.
St Agnes Head, N. Cornwall
1885
Atheniennee
H.M.S. 3rd Rat
Off Sicilly, Mediterranean
1805
De Liefde
East Indiaman
Shetland Islands, Scotland
1711
Hollandia
East Indiaman
Isles Of Scilly
1743
Slot Der Hooge
East Indiaman
Porto Sands, Madeira
1724
Czar
S.S
Lizard Point, S. Cornwall
1858
Eagle
H.M.S. 3rd Rate
Isles Of Scilly
1707
Juno
S.S.
Manacles, S. Cornwall
1915
Princess Maria
East Indiaman
Isles Of Scilly
1686
Douro
Schooner
Isles Of Scilly
1843
Thames
S.S.
Isles Of Scilly
1841
Briell
Frigate
Black Head, S. Cornwall
1786
Montague
H.M.S. Battleship
Lundy Island, N. Devon
1906
Poulmic
H.M.S. Mine'swpr
Off Plymouth, S. Devon
1940
Rosehill
S.S.
Off Looe, S. Cornwall
1917
Kintuck
S.S.
Godrevy Island, N. Cornwall
1917
St. Chamond
S.S.
St Ives, S. Cornwall
1918
James Eagan Layne
S.S.
Off Plymouth, S. Devon
1945
Schiedam
H.M.S.Fly-boat
Gunwalloe, S. Cornwall
1684
St Anthony
Carrack
Gunwalloe, S . Cornwall
1527
Santo Christo De Castello
Carrack
Mullion, S . Cornwall
1667
Fraumetta Catharina
Brigantine
Plymouth Sound, S. Devon
1786
Sphene
S.S.
Padstow, N. Cornwall
1946
Maria Asumpta
Brigantine
Padstow, N. Cornwall
1996
Ilston
S.S.
Lizard Point, S. Cornwall
1917
Poldown
S.S.
Trevose Head, N. Cornwall
1917
Torrey Canyon
S.S.
Seven Stones, Isles Of Scilly
1967
Eastfield
S.S.
Dodman Point, S. Cornwall
1917
Gypsy
Barque
Looe, S. Cornwall
1901
Pegu
S.S.
Galley Head, S. Ireland
1917
Mohegan
S.S.
Manacles, S. Cornwall
1898
Primrose
H.M.S. Gun-brig
Manacles, S. Cornwall
1809
Geldermalsen
East Indiaman
South China Sea
1752
Unidentified Sailing Vessel
(Asparagus Island Wreck)
-
Lizard, S. Cornwall
1734
Aurania
S.S.
Island Of Mull, Scotland
1918
Lusitania
S.S.
Kinsale Head, S. Ireland
1915
Butetown
S.S.
Gribben Head, S. Cornwall
1918
Titanic
R.M.S.
Newfoundland Bank, Canada
1912
Anson
H.M.S.
Loe Bar, S.Cornwall
1807
Edinburgh
H.M.S.
Bering Sea
1942
Campen
East Indiaman
Isle of Wight
1627
Earl of Abergaverney
East Indiaman
Weymouth, Dorset
1805
Mary Rose
H.M.S.
Portsmouth
1545
Romey
H.M.S.
Isles Of Scilly
1707
Colossus
H.M.S.
Isles Of Scilly
1798
Ramilles
2nd Rate
Bolthead, Devon
1760
Girona
Spanish Armada
Giants Causeway
1588
Royal Oak
H.M.S.
Scapa Flow
1939
Royal Charter
S.S.
North Wales
1859
General Abbatucci
S.S.
Corsica
1869

 

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