Shipwrecks
Between 1880 and 1923 over 30 identified steamships were wrecked, stranded or sank in the area.
At 3pm, 8 October 1923, the 6,000 ton SS City of Westminster bound from Belfast to Rotterdam with a cargo of South African maize knocked the top of the reef clean off. A total of 72 people were taken off by the Sennen and Penlee lifeboats. Today, the remains of the ship lie in 30m of water, jammed into a gully on the eastern side of the stone.
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