Trebartha
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The Hain Line
Mr (later Sir) Edward Hain was born at St Ives in December 1851 and received his education locally at Mr James Rowe’s school, at Academy Steps, in Fore Street. As a youth, he was sent to London to acquire experience of business methods by working for a time in a tea-merchants office. This translation from the quite little fishing town of St Ives to the greatest commercial centre in the world opened the young Edward’s eyes to the possibilities of developing a small business, like that of his father’s into something really big and worthwhile.
On his return to St Ives, he declared that he could see no future in continuing to run a line of little sailing vessels, adding that if his father were not prepared to switch immediately to steamships, he would have to leave the family business altogether and seek an new career elsewhere. Capt. Hain heard this declaration with regret and even consternation, for he loved his little schooners almost as if they had been his own children- as in a sense they were – but he nevertheless obliged to accede to young Edward’s demand in order to retain his services.
In 1879 they built the "Trewidden" for the Hain Line of St Ives, and she was the first of a great list of ships built for the Cornish firm. The story has been told over and over again – at launches and elsewhere – of how the two businesses began their long association . Sir Edward Hain , speaking at the launch of the "Trevethoe" in 1913 related ." It was my father and myself who first came in to the yard – the old yard – as entire strangers ; we were accosted by a young man who asked us our business and . I suppose observing our intentions to be quite honest , took us under his wing and showed us everything there was to be seen . He took us on board a steamer fitting out at the jetty , which was something like the ship we required , and before very long I signed our first contract with John Readhead and his sons "
Sir James Readhead , on the same occasion , remarked " fortunately I asked their business in a pleasant manner " .It was indeed fortunate for both sides, business between them continued for many years . Readheads built the first 74 ships for Hain , in fact Hain never had a ship built anywhere else until after Sir Edward Hain's death in 1917 . In all , they built 87 ships for them , which was claimed to be a world record at one time . The very last ship to be built for them was the "Trebartha",
The Company’s records show the first ship to be built for them in 1879 was the“Trewidden” She was an iron-built 1,800 ton vessel, schooner-rigged, 240 feet long, and propelled by a screw. With her, was begun the practice of calling Hain vessels after Cornish place names continuing the prefix “Tre”meaning “town” or “hamlet”. One of them, built in 1882, was actually called “Trelyon” a variant spelling of “Treloyhan”. Other ”Tre” names from the St Ives area which have been borne by the Hain vessels include “Tregenna”, “Trevethoe”, “Trevarrack”, “Trevalgan”, “Tremeadow” and “Treveal”
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The Maritime History of the Hain Line, as well as references to Readhead's shipyard, is well documented and displayed in the St. Ives Museum in St. Ives, Cornwall, England.
Address is;-
Wheal Dream, St. Ives, TR26 1PR
Telephone +44 01736 796005
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