Sepia postcard

Acc.no: PEZPH : 1992.1543

Identification

Item: Wreck of the Norwegian full-rigger Hansy, Housel Bay

Description: 'Hansy' at The Lizard. This postcard, dated 15 October 1912 pictures the 1497 ton sailing ship Hansy of Fredrikstad at 1445 on 3 November 1911 which was wrecked at Housel Bay on the eastern side of the Lizard. 'She missed stays while trying to come about.' Three men were saved by the Lizard lifeboat and the rest, including the Captain’s family, were taken off by rocket apparatus. She was bound for Sydney with building material and her cargo of steel, pig iron and timber which was washed up for weeks afterwards. Two days later a salvage party boarded to find a pair of goats lying happily in a seaman’s bunk. Local fishermen did a thriving trade in timber for weeks afterwards and it is said that the iron pigs are fished up for ballast to this day.

Condition: Good -

Description

Height: Mm

Width: Mm

Material: Postcard

Production

Method: Printed

Person: Gibson

Place: Isles of Scilly

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