Eventually, she broke up, with a large portion of the wreck lodging on the Doom Bar at the mouth of the Camel Estuary on the rugged north Cornwall coast.
[6][7] Although attempts by three tugs from Cardiff to remove the largest piece of the wreck were unsuccessful, the next spring tide carried it up the estuary onto Town Bar, opposite the port of Padstow, where it was a hazard to shipping.
[6] A miner named Pope was called in to remove it: he manoeuvred a box filled with gelignite underneath the wreck and detonated it after clearing the area.
The resulting explosion was so violent that reports claim every window in the nearby harbour of Padstow was blown in and the smoke could be seen three miles (5 km) away.
The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Unit failed to demolish it so it was marked with a buoy; in March 2011 further work, using saws, was started to make it safe.