Dashed to Pieces
by Richard Brookes
Title
Dashed to Pieces
Artist
Richard Brookes
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A very low tide at Sandymouth beach North Cornwall near Northcott Mouth, north of Bude, Cornwall, England, UK exposes the poignant remains of a barnacle encrusted boiler of the wreck of the 1,925 ton Portuguese steamship "Belem".(formerly the German SS Rhodos). The ship was stranded in thick fog at Northcott Mouth, Bude, on 20th November 1917 while on passage from Gibraltar to Barry with ballast. The crew of 33 including two Royal Navy gunners (she was armed with a light gun aft), were brought ashore by rocket apparatus. She soon broke her back and was deemed a total loss, being later broken up for scrap. The remains are not always visible except on occasion when heavy seas scoop away the covering sand, In the 1980's a team of local enthusiasts recovered part of her propeller shaft which was donated to Bude Museum. Also understand that another part of the shaft was used to perch the barrel on Barrel Rock at the end of Bude Sea Breakwater.
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January 16th, 2016
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Comments (3)
Keith Armstrong
Looks like a relic from an ancient time. Thanks for sharing Richard.
Richard Brookes replied:
Thanks Keith, it's a pleasure. Glad you like it. It certainly is a strange thing to come across on the beach! I also have a separate gallery showing other equally interesting parts of the wreck :)
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