in december 1916, a cornish trawler, the st ives, hit a mine and sank in falmouth bay. wlermen and naval reservists, were lost. one name is remembered at kimberly park's war memorial in falmouth, but the wreck of the vessel has never been found. diver mark milburn and historian dave gibbins are now on a mission to find it, starting with the original telegram that reported the loss. and in it he states quite clearly that it was blown—up by a mine two miles west—south—west of st anthony, so we scaled off two miles. that's south west. west—south—west is approximately there, so we're somewhere off of penance point. i've dived this area extensively in the past. i've also dived it looking for the st ives and i've not found any information, i've not found any parts, any pieces that are relevant. they've also obtained a copy of the official war office report of the sinking and this gives the location not as west—south—west, but as south—south—west of st anthony — only one letter different, but more than a mile from the site where divers have been searching for nearly a century.

in december 1916 the cornish trawler, the st ives, hit a mine and sank in falmouth bay. 11 crew, local trawlermen and naval reservists, were lost. one name is remembered at this war memorial in falmouth but the wreck of the vessel has never been found. diver mark and historian dave are on a mission to find it, starting with the original telegram that reported the loss. it states clearly it was blown up by a mine, west, south—west of st anthony. we have scaled off two miles, west south—west, approximately there. we are somewhere off of penzance point. i have dived there extensively in the past. i have also dived looking for the st ives. i have not found any information, any parts, any pieces that are relevant. they have also obtained a copy of the official war office report of the sinking and this gives the location not as west south—west, but as south of st anthony. only one letter different but more than a mile from the site where divers have been searching for a century. could it be that a simple typing error has sent generations of divers to the wrong place? what would

in december 1916 the cornish trawler, the st ives, hit a mine and sank in falmouth bay.