Colour postcard
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1992.1523
Identification
Item: The Wreck of the Socoa at Cadgwith
Description: A postcard with the script at the bottom of the card, 'The Socoa at Cadgwith struck the rocks during fog on 2 August 1906'. The 'Socoa' grounded at Kildonan Point on the Lizard in thick fog. She was from Stettin San Francisco with barrels of cement to rebuild the city after the earthquake. The 'Socoa' was refloated after 50,000 barrels of cement were jettisoned and beached at Cadgwith. She was subsequently repaired at Falmouth. In 1907, she was sold and renamed 'Thiers'. Laid up in 1921, she was scrapped in 1927. The 'Socoa' was built at St Nazaire in 1901. She was a 'Bounty Ship', part of a scheme by which France supported its merchant marine and shipbuilding.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: 88 mm
Width: 138 mm
Material: Photographic card
Production
Method: Printed
Category: Photography
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