Sadly, shipwrecks and drownings are all part of life on the coast. We hold an extensive collection of photographs of shipwrecks, as well as the Edwin Mills Shipwreck Collection, which includes a card index of wrecks around the Cornish coast, copies of newspaper reports and photos. Within the Historic Environment Record records for a huge number of wrecks and hulks can be found. We also hold archive material connected to Henry Trengrouse, who was born in Helston and invented a rocket apparatus to save victims of shipwrecks. Although never recognised in his lifetime, his device is thought to have saved thousands of lives. The collection includes letters from Trengrouse, and drawings of his invention.
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