The Gibson shipwrecks and rescues archive – in pictures
1874, Minnehaha: St Mary's, Isle of ScillyPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1970, Poleire: Kettles, Isles of ScillyPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1875, Aksai shipwreck: White Island, St Martin's, Isles of ScillyPhotograph: National Maritime Museum
1955, Punta: SevenstonesPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1900, Seine: Woolpack Point, St Marys, Isles of ScillyPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1912, City of Cardiff: Near Land's EndPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1886, Albert Wilhelm: LelantPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1895, Granite State: PorthcurnoPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1962, Jeanne Gougy: Lands EndPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1888, Jeune Hortense: Eastern Green, PenzancePhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1912, The Mildred: Gurnards HeadPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1912, Tripolitania: Penzance harbourPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum1891, Bay of Panama: Nare Point, near FalmouthPhotograph: Royal Maritime Museum
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