Higher Sharpnose Point, where the 'Caledonia' is wrecked and ( inset ) Hawker's Hut ( the National Trust'a smallest property) where the benign Parson ( below ) would keep an eye on the ocean for boats in distress

The end of the 'Caledonia' The Arbroath built brig, homeward bound from the Black Sea port of Odessa, calls into Falmouth to bury a crewman who has died of his wounds following a knife fight in Constantinople. She leaves Falmouth for Gloucester to discharge a cargo of wheat as a fierce north westerly gale is raging. A lookout spies huge waves breaking on Sharpnose Point and 28 year old Captain Stevenson shortens sail and tries to stand clear. However the ship refuses to come up and smashes into the rocks beneath the headland. The Captain orders all the crew into the rigging but the mast collapses, throwing everyone into the wild sea where all but Edward le Dain of Jersey perish.