A 10" fragment from the St.

A 10" fragment from the St. Ives lifeboat wrecked on the 23rd January 1939 with the loss of seven crew, "The worst Cornish lifeboat disaster since 1900 occurred in a gale swept bay off St. Ives in the early hours of Monday morning 23rd January 1939 driving mountainous seas into the bay - the St. Ives lifeboat John and Sarah Eliza Stych, temporarily on loan from the Padstow station, was launched to go to the assistance of a ship at sea. When she was within a mile and a half of Clodgy Point, the boat was struck by a great sea which immediately upset her throwing four of her occupants including coxswain Tom Cocking into the raging waters. Flares were sent up by those who remained in the boat and the engine was restarted but the propeller has been fouled by a lifeline which made the engine useless. For a second time the boat was overturned and a man was thrown out. Of the remaining three, two were pitched into the sea when the boat capsized for a third time, close now to Godrevy" This fragment of the St. Ives lifeboat is sold with original newspapers covering the story at the time together with a selection of research photographs prepared by the Williams family who assisted the rescue and recovery at the time.