With the weather set fair and little wind and a low tide a walk out to the wreck of the Chrysopolis about 2 miles out from the beach.

The Chrysopolis went aground on the Spencers Bank on Feb 2Ist 1918.

The Chrysopolis was outward bound from Genoa to Liverpool in Italy with a cargo of copper ore when she appeared to have run into a fog bank and become stranded on the Horsebank. The local records are limited and there are several theories as to what caused the stranding.



The Chrysopolis was 260' long 2931 tons a two masted steamer with holds fore and aft and a center bridge. Built for the Straights Steamship Co of Dover at the Irvine shipbuilding Co Westhartlepool and named "The Straights of Dover " she was later sold to the Greek flag and in 1916 requisitioned by the Italian goverment and leased to the Italian Railroad co. She had a 4 cylinder engine with twin boilers.