Largest vessel ever in harbour - s.s 'Ajax' of Sunderland, 1100 tons burden
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Port of Hayle.— The Customs Receipts at this port, for the last quarter, amount to £1,227 11s. 11d., viz., £726 15s. 8d. ex ships, and £500 16s. 3d. ex warehouse. When Hayle was made an independent port and detached from Pen-zance, St. Ives and Portreath were placed under Hayle as Creeks. The s.s ' Ajax,' of Sunderland, 1100 tons burden, is now loading machinery alongside Harvey and Co's. wharf, for the Pasha of Egypt, bound to Alexandria. This is the largest vessel ever in the harbour.
Royal Cornwall Gazette - Friday 13 January 1865
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