Coverack is a coastal village and fishing port in Cornwall, UK. It lies in the parish of St Keverne, on the east side of the Lizard peninsula about nine miles (14 km) south of Falmouth.
The Manacles are a set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. The rocks are rich in marine wildlife and they are a popular spot for diving due to the many shipwrecks. Traditionally pronounced mean-a'klz (1808), the name derives from the Cornish meyn eglos, the top of St Keverne church spire being visible from the area.
Mullion Cove, or Porth Mellin, is a small community on the West Coast of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, and on the eastern side of Mount's Bay. The Cove forms part of the parish of Mullion, and is accessible by road from Mullion village, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northeast, and also via the South West coast path. It lies within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The SS Mohegan was a steamer which sank off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, on her second voyage. She hit The Manacles on 14 October 1898 with the loss of 106 out of 157 on board.
Porthoustock Lifeboat Station was the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) inshore lifeboat at Porthoustock near St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was in use from 1869 until 1942. Its most notable service was in saving 44 people from the SSMohegan which sank nearby on 14 October 1898.
Coverack Lifeboat Station was located on the harbour, in the small fishing village of Coverack, about 11 miles (18 km) south east of Helston, in the county of Cornwall.
The SS Nile was an iron-hulled cargo steamship. She is best remembered for her sinking in bad weather on 30 November 1854 with the loss of all hands, most likely after colliding with The Stones, a notoriously dangerous reef off Godrevy Head in Cornwall.
SS Lady of the Isles was a passenger vessel built by Harvey and Company, Hayle for the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company in 1875.
Penzance Lifeboat Station was the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) operations in Mount's Bay in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The first lifeboat to be placed at Penzance was in 1803 but a permanent station was not established until 1853. It closed in 1917 by which time the Penlee Lifeboat Station had been established.
United Kingdom ) struck the Stag Rocks off Lizard Point while bound for Caen with coal from Neath. [1] 
France) went ashore at St Ives while taking coal from Briton Ferry to Cherbourg. [2] 
United States ), bound for London from Victoria, Vancouver Island with a mixed cargo of oil, tinned fish, wool, etc., foundered at Praa Sands. The crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket appartatus and the ship became a total loss after it caught fire. [4] Two local men were fined for stealing some of the ship's cargo; tins of pickled salmon. [5] 
Austria-Hungary) hit the Shark's Fin, the northernmost rock of the Longships reef and became a total wreck. She was carrying pitwood for the collieries in South Wales from Bordeaux. [18] Wreckage was washed up below the Levant mine and in Portheras Cove. [19] 
