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SS Datetree was a brand new British steam collier/cargo ship owned by the Tree Steamship Company. It was only three months old, having been built in early 1914 by the Antwerp Engineering Company.

On June 25, 1914, while carrying a cargo of coal…

200x125mm. Pilchard nets by pillar. Thatched cottage at end of court

200x125mm. Overlooking the old pier. Many people around.

125x100mm. Close up of cottages awaiting demolition. Clearance scheme 1939

Demolished under clearance scheme 1939

125x100mm. Grace Strick's cottage and shop

180x110mm. South End, road narrows. Jacka's cottage to the left. Nets drying on railings

110x65mm. Entrance to South Pier

110x65mm. Entrance to South Pier and Green Rocks. View across to the Mount

110x85mm. Toward the junction with Bowjey Hill

125x80mm. Man sitting on concrete and wood seat

200x125mm Also adjacent cottages

130x90mm Bottom of Bowjey hill, children playing.

130x90mm. By junction to Bowjey Hill. Loaded stone lorry.

130x90mm. Looking down to Lower Green street and across to the Mount.

130x90mm At right is Tonkins Cottage

110x65mm Red Lion pub, Mousehole to Penzance Bus. White building behind bus is 'Spargos' shop, entrance to 'narrows' North End

See the Chown Collection on this site and also the Chown chapter in the book 'Treasures of The Morrab'

The Red Star Liner, Gothland, wrecked at 4:30 pm on June 23rd 1914. Launched in 1893 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, it was a four-masted, 490ft long vessel.

The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…

The Red Star Liner, Gothland, wrecked at 4:30 pm on June 23rd 1914. Launched in 1893 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, it was a four-masted, 490ft long vessel.

The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…