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Acc.no: PEZPH : 1991.609
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Item: Barque "Trifolium" 1914, Whitesand Bay, Sennen, Cornwall.
Description: The "Trifolium" sailed from Cardiff for Bakio, Spain, in February 1914. She sprang a leak and put into Falmouth for repairs. She sailed from Falmouth on 10 March and on 14 March her cargo of coal, bricks and clay, shifted in a gale. She was driven ashore at Gwenver between Cape Cornwall and Sennen on 15 March and very quickly broke up. 5 of her 11 crew were lost. The Coastguard fired several rocket lines. The iron barque "Trifolium" 593 tons was owned by John Olson of Gothenburg. She was built by Alexander Stephen of Glasgow for Tulloch & Co as the three masted barque "Lord Clyde" in 1875 and sold in 1902.
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