Title
Jeune Hortense, Wrecked in Mounts Bay in May 1888.
Subject
Shipwreck,
Wreck
Description
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.
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.
Creator
Gibson Family. John & sons Alexander and Henry
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
1888-05-17
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Print
Identifier
M.1910
Coverage
Mounts Bay, Cornwall