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The fate of 'Peter Nose' |
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Thursday, 17 August 2006 |
Q. During the last war a French fisherman named Pierre Marec sailed out of Finisterre to take allied airmen to safety in the UK. He then had to wait out the war in Cornwall and fished the local waters with his boat "Le Moise".
His nickname was Peter Nose! He spent time in Newlyn and I believe Penzance.
He was drowned I think in the 50s with four others in a tragic accident.
Anyway, if you have any ideas where I could get details of his UK stay or if anyone knows of him I would be interested in his story.
A1. The Moise is remembered in Newlyn. She was a small pilchard driver (35 - 40ft) decked but without a wheelhouse, painted black. She was of a pinnace type, built with a tiller aft, there would have been a seat across the stern, she had a Baudouin engine. Drivers are so called because they worked drift nets, which were driven by the tide. This method of fishing was used for pilchards, mackerel and herring the size of the mesh being different for each species, for pilchards 1" A long curtain of nets was shot, the fish became entangled by their gills in the meshes. Pierre Marec would have fished the waters of Mounts Bay during daylight hours, there being restrictions on night fishing during the war years.
The story of the departure of the Le Moise from France can be found in a book:
'Par les Nuits les Plus Longues' by Roger Huguen, published by Coop Breizh, 10th edition 2003. (pages 121-123)
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