Mum finds Cornish shipwreck that's lain on seafloor for 129 years in 'pure luck' on solo dive

Rachael Edmans, 36, from Tolvaddon, Camborne, was diving connected her ain erstwhile she recovered the wreck of a vessel that went down 129 years disconnected the seashore of Cornwall and acceptable astir investigating its history

A mum has told however "pure luck" connected a solo dive led her to find the wreck of a ship 129 years aft it went down disconnected the seashore of Cornwall.

Rachael Edmans, 36, was diving connected her ain erstwhile by accidental she came crossed the vessel and past acceptable astir trying to find its history. The mum-of-three, from Tolvaddon, Camborne, says she couldn’t judge it astatine archetypal and she struggled to find immoderate details astir the vessel astatine first.

But that is until now. “I asked locals astir it, but nary 1 seemed to cognize wherever it was,” said the avid diver. “There is thing other online astir the wreck, different than an aged photograph connected land. I was excited and nervous. But I couldn’t assistance but deliberation astir the mislaid souls, it was sobering. I similar to deliberation the wrasse that swims the wreck are [their] spirits.”

Rachael archetypal discovered the tract successful August 2024 and has since returned connected galore occasions. According to Cornwall Guide, The Escurial was mislaid disconnected the seashore of Portreath successful 1895.

Allegedly, the steamer was headed outbound from Cardiff erstwhile the weather took a bitter turn, with the menace of snow. It’s believed 20 unit members were connected committee erstwhile it got into trouble owed to an motor country leak, wherever the Hayle lifeboat F.H. Harrison was launched to assistance its recovery.

Sadly, the rescue ngo lone managed to prevention 9 radical and the vessel remained unphotographed and undocumented until now. Rachael, who dives arsenic a mode to relax, has taken snaps and clips of the wreckage, posting them connected societal media. In 1 clip, she shows a glimpse of the ship, with holes, algae and rust encompassing the full boat. Other forms of oversea life, including coral, situation the area.

She captioned the video: “It’s large capable to spell inside, it was a pugnacious dive. Current was strong, viz was low. Had to support telling myself to chill and calm down.” [sic] Another clip shows the bottommost of the wreckage, successful which galore types of food and different oversea beingness person made their home. Rachael added: “I instrumentality each accidental to dive it. I privation to representation it retired eventually. Portreath is simply a beauteous dive site, it’s afloat of beingness and it’s a existent hidden gem.”