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The Gwineas

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49: 600: 344: 36: 56: 231:. There is not too much known about the Gwineas. Like other notable rocks around the Cornish coast, the Gwineas is always locally referred to as 'Gull Rock'. This may also be reflected in the name, if it has been made up from the Cornish words meaning 'white' and 'island'. 299:
had arrived, it was decided the ship could not be saved. The lifeboat took off the remaining crew and returned to Fowey at 4.18pm. The ship's back broke on 10 January and wood and other material washed ashore to be salvaged by villagers.
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launched at 3.45am thirty five minutes after distress flares were seen. At daylight 11 crew were rescued by the lifeboat. This left 25 crew aboard. The lifeboat landed the 11 and requested assistance from
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The Gwineas are believed to have been a hill surrounded by a forest. Over time this became an
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While the visible Gwineas has been the site of several
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and then, eventually, an isolated rock as it is today.
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On the 7th April 1895 the mainly steel-built Russian
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The Gwineas is located in Cornwall
Gorran Haven, Cornwall
50°14′43″N 4°45′43″W / 50.24528°N 4.76194°W / 50.24528; -4.76194
Type
Rock
English Channel
fishing village
Gorran Haven
Cornwall
Great Britain
seals
dolphins
gannets
cormorants
islet
shipwrecks
cardinal buoy
SS Ardangorm
Cardiff
Fowey
ballast
Fowey lifeboat
tugs
Admiralty tug
barque
gale
cargo
timber
crew

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