Georges Valentine
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Markerman62
N 27° 11.961 W 080° 09.925
17R E 582658 N 3008790
Located on the retaining wall on the ocean side of the Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge.
Waymark Code: WMXD2N
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2017
Views: 4
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. Five members of her twelve-man crew drowned but the rest found shelter at the Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge, located directly on-shore.
State Underwater Archaeological Preserve
Marker Number: None
Date: None
County: Martin
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: State of Florida
Website: [Web Link]
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