Jeune Hortense, Wrecked in Mounts Bay in May 1888.
The Nantes-registered French brigantine Jeune Hortense (1858) on passage in ballast to Poole for clay, had arrived at Penzance to off-load the body of Thomas Hall of Penzance, a telegraphist who had died in Brest. The ship had anchored off Penzance and transferred the body ashore. On leaving the captain found he could not work the ship out of the bay and so re-anchored off the Cressars. The waves caused the anchor chain to part and they set sail trying to head towards St Michael's Mount but crossed the Pedn-lez rock just as the lifeboat was being launched. The 'Dora' lifeboat took of all the crew except the captain who refused to leave. The ship then drifted ashore and lay broadside to the waves which broke over her. Lloyd's List reported on 28 May that the ship was sold at auction and refloated and taken into harbour by the purchase. Description from the National Maritime Museuem Online Collection, Grenwich, London.
Gibson Family. John & sons Alexander and Henry
China clay works , stone mill. one of the five china stone mills at Tregargus
China clay works, ruined state. one of the five stone mills at Tregargus.
China clay works, ruined state. stone mill one of the five at Tregargus.
China clay works in ruined state, stone mill one of the five at Tregarus.
China clay works ,ruined state, stone mill one of the five at Tregargus
Clay works. China stone Mill ,buildings in a ruined state, one of the five mills at Tregargus, St Austell
Carnival float possibly Penzance, sec crate with Poole & sons Penzance. See also M.576
image from a collection of Newlyn Carnival images.