Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Port view portrait of brig HANNAH JANE in full sail. Unsigned and undated. Framed and glazed.

Hannah Jane was a two-masted topsail schooner, built at Pwllheli in 1867 and one of a large number of such vessels built for the coastal and slate trade in the mid 19th century. Owned by a consortium of local tradesmen and mariners, she was stranded near Hartlepool in November 1901 whilst bound from Sunderland to London with a cargo of bricks. Only one of her crew of five was saved. Sgwner dau hwyllren a adeiladwyd ym Mhwllheli ym 1867 oedd yr Hannah Jane, un o nifer helaeth o longau tebyg a adeiladwyd ar gyfer y masnach arfordirol mewn llechi o ogledd Cymru. Eithr cludo cargo o friciau o Sunderland i Lundain oedd hon pan aeth i'r lan ger Hartlepool yn Nhachwedd 1901, gan foddi pedwar o'r criw o bwmp.