ABSTRACT
The first report was from the Charles Hardouin on a passage from Nantes to Hong Kong in the winter of 1903. A typhoon forced the ship to shelter in Tourane Bay, Vietnam, and the helmsman saw a dark mass in the water. In 1907 a sea serpent was reported by Sir Arthur Rostron, then Chief Officer of the Campania, which encountered the animal off Cork, Ireland, on 26 April. The most sightings come from Cornwall, a land of many legends of strange creatures, one of which is a long-necked monster inhabiting Falmouth Bay. The locals called it ‘Morgawr’ meaning ‘Sea Giant’. There have been vague, isolated reports of such a creature in the area throughout the twentieth century, but during the past few years there has been a series of clear accounts, details of which appeared in the local paper, the Falmouth Packet.
