First Series
The First Series contained 20 illustrations numbered 1 to 20 and appeared in Issues 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. They were made by Solo Match Company of Austria and were issued on wood boxes between 1967 and 1973.
The First Series appeared in Issues 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 on wood boxes. Click here for a list of all the Wreck labels.
Cornish Wreck labels – First Series | |||
No. | Name of Wreck | Date of Wreck | Detail |
1 | City of Paris | 1st May 1899 | S.S. 10,500 tons |
2 | Adolph Vinnen | 9th February 1923 | 1525 tons square rigged |
3 | William | 24th November 1865 | Brigantine of Sunderland |
4 | River Lune | 27th July 1879 | Barque of Liverpool |
5 | Petrellen | 1st February 1885 | Barque 335 tons of Porsgrund, Norway |
6 | Jeune Hortense | 17th May 1888 | Brigantine of Nantes |
7 | Escurial | 25th January 1895 | S.S. 1,187 tons of Glasgow |
8 | Jessie McClew | 2nd October 1895 | Schooner |
9 | Granite State | 4th November 1895 | S.S. 1,642 tons of Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
10 | Bluejacket | 10th November 1898 | S.S. 2,090 tons of Cardiff |
11 | Llandaff | 2nd October 1899 | 397 tons of Cardiff |
12 | Marie Celene | 19th January 1901 | French schooner of Nantes |
13 | President Garfield | 14th March 1906 | Ketch of Bideford |
14 | Susan Elizabeth | 16th October 1907 | Schooner 130 tons of Saint Ives |
15 | Hodbarrow Miner | 6th March 1908 | Schooner of Barrow |
16 | Olympe | 3rd October 1910 | French schooner of Lannion |
17 | Saluto | 13th December 1911 | Norwegian barque of Christiansand 826 tons |
18 | Lake Harris | 5th November 1918 | American freighter |
19 | Longships | 22nd December 1939 | Steamship of Glasgow (Clyde Steamship Co.) |
20 | Torrey Canyon | 18th March 1967 | Tanker |