Cornish Wrecks Of The SS Francia, North Cornwall Royalty-Free Stock Image

A shipwreck that has played peekaboo in the sands of Holywell Bay for more than 100 years has been on show once again .The SS Francia, was a 700 ton steam-powered Argentinean coaster that saw its demise after setting out from Newquay with a cargo of coal.However, as the walking group revealed, some reports suggest that the Francia sank four miles out at sea... So how it wound up so near the shoreline remains a mystery.