used. When the weather and tide permitted, workers on the wreck filled jumbo-sized bags with the ship's cargo. Those bags were then brought up the cliff by the conveyor, which had been placed on the cliff just above the wreck. The operation ended on 29 May 2003. Although most of the cargo was removed, some was lost to the ocean. On 7 October 2003, in heavy seas, the ship broke into two pieces. On 31 October 2003, the swells pushed the wreck of the RMS Mülheim into a rocky inlet called Castle Zawn. At that time the wreck was demolished down to its superstructure. Legacy A year after the wreck, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) reported that plastic and foam from the wreckage was still washing up on Cornish beaches. By 2018, the wreck had been broken up by the strong swell around Land's End although some relatively intact sections of the wreck remain. References External links Fall on dry cargo vessel RMS Mulheim resulting in grounding of vessel, report by UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch, published 23 January 2015, accessed 4 June 2018. RMS Mulheim on Wrecksite 1999 ships Ships built in Romania Cargo ships of Antigua and Barbuda Maritime incidents in 2003 History of Cornwall Cornish shipwrecks Wreck diving sites in the United Kingdom 2000s in Cornwall