Cornish Maritime Collection

This is a mother’s letter to the Church requesting permission to petition the diocese for £60 needed to redeem her son whom had been captured at sea and enslaved in Algiers. This source can be found in a small envelope at the front of the Illogan Parish Register, 1539-1731. Alongside it is the reply from…

On display in our popular 2009 Titanic: Honour & Glory exhibition was a coat belonging to Violet Jessop. She was a first class ocean liner stewardess and nurse who became famous after surviving two White Star Line disasters. The first was the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and then the HMHS Britannic in…