The other well known stranding was that of the SS Demerara in 1851 further down the Avon at the double bend. I can remember seeing the figurehead sometime in my youth....and I think there is a painting of the scene in the Bristol Art Gallery at the top of Park Street . In my search for the above I came across the following that I hadn't seen before... http://www.bristolblitzed.org/ Grant Feltham