Georges Valentine
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Georges Valentine is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Hobe Mountain stands 26 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. IRL-TREASURE COAST passes 4.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site is the site of the historic shipwreck of an Italian barkentine off the coast of Hutchinson Island in Martin County, Florida, with the nearest landmark being the House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar. The iron-hulled barque was built in Wallasey, England in 1869 by Bowdler Chaffer & Company for S. Meyers & Company. Originally christened Cape Clear with Lloyd's of London in 1870, she started her career as a screw steamboat with auxiliary sail carrying passengers on the Australia - Liverpool run. She was purchased by a French firm based in Bordeaux in 1889, re-christened Georges Valentine and turned into a sailing bark by being stripped of all steam machinery except the boiler. Rigged as a three-masted barkentine, she was then sold to a firm based in Dunkirk, northern France. In 1895, she was sold to Mortola & Simonetti, based in Genoa, Italy. She was based in Camogli, northern Italy and transported lumber regularly from Pensacola, Florida to South America. In October 1904, the Georges Valentine, with a crew of twelve men commanded by Captain Prospero Mortola, sailed with a load of milled mahogany from Pensacola bound for Buenos Aires. On 13 October 1904 the ship sighted Havana, Cuba, but she later hit a storm in the Florida Straits and was blown up the Atlantic coast of Florida where on 16 October 1904, despite her crew's attempts to keep her in deeper water, she ran aground in shallow water and wrecked off Hutchinson Island near Gilbert's Bar. Five crew members perished. Their bodies were not recovered. The seven survivors found refuge at the House of Refuge just 100 yards from the wreck site, where the House of Refuge's keeper, Captain William E. Rea, rendered aid to them. On 19 July 2006, the Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. On 16 October 2006, it became the eleventh Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve.
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Wikidata Q5546910, matched on coordinates and name (167 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- The iron-hulled Italian bark Georges Valentine was built in 1869 at Liverpool, England. She was wrecked here in a storm on October 16, 1904, while bound from Pensacola to Buenos Aires with a load of lumber....
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the IRL-TREASURE COAST
- 19.6 mi off the MARTIN GRADE HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Ross Witham Beach: 0.1 mi
- Perry Beach: 0.3 mi
- Santa Lucea Beach: 0.6 mi
- Chastain Beach: 0.7 mi
- Bathtub Beach: 1.0 mi
- Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center: 1.4 mi
- Linda Ave Bird Sanctuary and Greenway: 3.2 mi
- Kengsington Greenway: 3.2 mi
- Canal Front Park: 3.3 mi
- Martin County Center Preserve: 3.4 mi
- House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar: 0.0 mi
- Frances Langford Outrigger Café and Exhibit: 1.3 mi
- Elliott Museum: 1.3 mi
- Maritime & Classic Boat Museum: 3.4 mi
- Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast: 3.4 mi
- Gilbert's Bar Prehistoric Site: 0.0 mi
- Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge: 0.0 mi
- War Memorial: 5.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 17.2 mi
- The Saint Lucie North Sandbar: 1.3 mi
- Jensen Beach: 3.5 mi
- Jensen Beach Park: 4.2 mi
- Bonair Beach: 8.5 mi
- Walton Rocks Beach: 10.5 mi
- Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center: 1.4 mi
- Willoughby Creek Canoe Launch: 3.3 mi
- Stuart Welcome Arch: 3.8 mi
- Peck Lake: 5.8 mi
- Savannahs Preserve Education Center: 9.5 mi
- Martin County Fairgrounds Mural: 4.2 mi
- Velociraptor: 5.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Tropical Ranch Botanical Garden: 10.0 mi
- City of Port Saint Lucie Botanical Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 18.0 mi
- Pisgah Hill: 3.4 mi
- Hobe Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Spruce Bluff: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Georges Valentine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobe Mountain | SSE 165° | 26.2 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | WNW 292° | 5 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:45 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:57 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 65 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 68 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stuart, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9064352417
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