Reprising our popular series of Cornish Wreck Ramblings by Mark Milburn… Part 13: Dollar Cove, just what is the ‘truth’? For many years treasure hunters have...
Another instalment of Mark Milburn’s Cornish Wreck Ramblings… Around Falmouth, we have two tidal estuaries and the biggest is the Carrick Roads. It is the end...
Mark Milburn’s Cornish Wreck Ramblings are back! This week: The mystery of the Burnside… Locally the name “Burnside”, has caused arguments in families and cost some...
Cornwall is well known for its tin mining industry; the iconic engine houses can still be seen around the countryside. It is an ancient industry, starting...
There are always stories of lost gold, ships or planes carrying gold, lost at sea and never found. Some are just stories, some are not. Around...
As an early adopter of the internet, I have watched it grow over time and the last twenty years has seen it expand exponentially. Yet, only...
There is no such thing as a typical day at our dive centre. This day started off in a usual way, checking emails, sorting out online...
Wrecks happen, they always have, especially along an exposed coastline like the one around Cornwall. Many have heard the stories about the wreckers; were there really...
During both the Great War and World War two, fishing trawlers, drifters and whalers were used as mine sweepers or ancillary vessels. During both wars, hundreds...
When the HMS Anson hit Loe Bar on Christmas eve in 1807, the conditions and the location made it a certain tragedy. Loe Bar is a...
At the end of the Great War, the Kaiser’s high seas fleet was interned at Scapa Flow, Orkney. Due to some miscommunication or maybe a lack...
I mentioned the subject of wrecks appearing and disappearing again in Part 1 of Cornish Wreck Ramblings (which you can read here). It can be quite a...