Georges Valentine (shipwreck)
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Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site
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| Location: | Hutchinson Island, Florida, Florida USA |
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| Coordinates: | 27°11′55.8″N 80°9′49.8″W / 27.198833°N 80.163833°WCoordinates: 27°11′55.8″N 80°9′49.8″W / 27.198833°N 80.163833°W |
| Built: | 1869 |
| Governing body: | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| NRHP Reference#: | 06000619[1] |
| FUAP #: | 11 |
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| Added to NRHP: | July 19, 2006[1] |
| Designated FUAP: | 2006[2] |
The Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site is an historic U.S. Italian barkentine[2] shipwreck located off the coast of Hutchinson Island in Martin County, Florida, with the nearest landmark being the House of Refuge. The iron-hulled barque was built in Liverpool, England in 1869 by Bowdler Chaffer & Company for S. Meyers & Company. Originally christened Cape Clear with Lloyd's of London in 1870, the vessel started its career as a screw steamboat with auxiliary sail. She carried passengers on the Australia - Liverpool run. She was purchased by a French firm in 1889, re-christened Georges Valentine and turned into a sailing bark in 1889 by being stripped of all steam machinery except the boiler. She was rigged as a three-masted barkentine. It was then sold to Dunkirk, also based in France. In 1895, the vessel was sold to Mortolo & Simonetti, based in Genoa, Italy. The ship was based in Camagoli, Italy and it transported lumber regularly from Pensacola, Florida to South America.
In October 1904, the ship had been sailing with a crew of twelve men and was commanded by Captain Prospero Mortolo. It was carrying a load of milled mahogany from Pensacola to Buenos Aires. On October 13, 1904 the ship sighted Havana, Cuba. They later hit a storm in the Florida Straits and were shipwrecked after the ship grounded in shallow water despite the crews attempts to keep it in deeper water. Captain William E. Rea, Keeper of the House of Refuge, rendered aid to the seven surviving crew members. Five of the crew perished. Georges Valentine sank in a storm on October 16, 1904.[2] The survivors found shelter at House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar just 100 yards from the wreck site.[3]
On July 19, 2006, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1] On October 16, 2006, it became the eleventh Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve.[2][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 7/17/06 through 7/21/06 at National Register of Historic Places
- ^ a b c d The State We're In - Official Newsletter Of The Florida Department Of State, Volume 10, October 2006
- ^ [Museum Brochure http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/underwater/seamuseum/_docs/georges_brochure.pdf]
- ^ The Underwater Archaeological Preserves
[edit] External links
Media related to Georges Valentine (shipwreck) at Wikimedia Commons
- Report to Florida Historical Commission, Bureau of Archaeological Research October 20, 2005 (pdf)
- Museums in the Sea Georges Valentine
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