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GARLAND – 1649
On January 30th 1649 the ship Garland bound for France was driven off course in a great storm and wrecked on Godrevy Island. Its cargo is fabled to have consisted of a king’s wardrobe, jewelry and other valuable goods. Of all sixty people on board, only one man, one boy and a dog survived.
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, November 29th 1968
RIVAL – 1838
The Rival, a 122 ton English owned schooner was driven ashore on Porthminister Beach during a heavy gale. It was bound from Bristol to Poole carrying a cargo of salt. The crew of five were taken off by a vessel manned by a volunteer crew and landed safely on Porthminster Beach.
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, March 16th 1962
SWIFT– 1854
The Swift carrying a cargo of coal grounded on a sandbank while sailing for the shelter of St. Ives pier before a violent gale. The crew clinging to the bowsprit as huge waves broke over were rescued by the people of St. Ives
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, January 17th 1963
CONCORD – 1854
Wrecked in the same violent gale as the Swift. The Concord ran aground on the same sandbank. The Concord carried a cargo of iron and six crew members. The crew were seen clinging to the rigging as the waves broke over the vessels. The crew members were taken to safety in St. Ives.
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, January 17th 1963
MARY WELCH – 1857
Schooner-brigantine, bound from Cardiff to Hayle carrying a cargo of coal wrecked on the Stones, Godrevy. All crew members drowned. As a result of the outcry the lighthouse was built at Godrevy in 1859 at the cost of £7000
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, November 10th 1995
PROMETHEUS – 1866
Bound from Cardiff to St. Ives, the vessel Prometheus was sighted 20 miles from the port, but because of the severity of the gale the ship was never seen again.
Source: Cornish Telegraph, 4th April 1866
LIZZIE – 1869
The Lizzie, brigantine of Newport, Monmouth, grounded on Hayle Bar on March 20, 1869. One drowned, eight lives saved by the St. Ives lifeboat “Moses”
Source: The St. Ives Times, February 23rd 1955
GLYNN – 1869
Glynn, a brigantine with a tonnage of 139 carrying a cargo of 240 tons of coal sprung a leak and struck the western river entrance in Hayle harbour. The five crew members were saved by Hayle lifeboat crew.
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, December 1st 1961
THE BESSIE – 1870
During a heavy storm The Bessie, a St. Ives barquentine traveling from Baltimore was crippled for three weeks. The Bessie drifted about the Atlantic took on water in the hold. The crew were rescued by the “City of Tanjore” and taken to Penzance.
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, July 25th 1958
ESMERALDA – 1873
The Esmeralda, an iron ship (whose captain was John Paynter Ninnes of St. Ives) bound from London to Australia was caught in a great storm losing all its sails. She ran ashore off the coast of New South Wales. The bay where she was landed was then named Esmeralda Cove.
Source: The Times and Echo, October 27th 1961
ISABEL – 1876
The Isabel, a French schooner rigged steamer of 400 tons on her last voyage to Cardiff was dashed onto The Rocks at Clodgy, St. Ives. The entire crew of 30 drowned when they tried to abandon ship.
Source: The St. Ives Times and Echo, July 13th 1962
JABEZ – 1878
A St. Ives fishing boat Jabez while drifting ashore in high force winds impacted with a rock a short distance from shore. All five crew members were thrown into the water, the three members of the Basset family perished. While the two other fishermen survived.
Source: Cornishman November, 14th 1878
ALBERT WILHELM – 1886
The 202 ton German brig the Albert Wilhelm bound for Fowey in Ballast from Ramsay, Isle of Man struck the Stones reef near Hayle and was driven into Lelant on October 16th. Five men were saved by Breeches-buoy and four by Hayle lifeboat “Isis”.
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