Wreck of the Voorspoed
In March 1901, the Dutch ship Voorspoed ran ashore on Perran Beach in a northerly gale, on its way from Cardiff to Bahia. The wreck was looted by the local population, who used horses to cart away the cargo. The captain commented:
I have been wrecked in different parts of the world, even the Fiji islands, but never amongst savages such as those of Perranporth.