ALUNA
ALUNA
Vessel Type: 1-masted wooden Cutter
Cutter
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Believed to have been wrecked at Yorke Bay, Port William, East Falkland in June 1922.
Main Use:
Coasting
Years Active:
Power:
Sail
Built:
Size:
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Main Use: Coasting
Power: Sail
The ALUNA, with Master K. Lindenberg at the helm arrived in Stanley from Johnsons Harbour on 3rd January 1914. According to Falkland Island shipping records, she made numerous trips from Stanley to Port Louis, Fitzroy and Berkeley Sound between then and 1920. On or just before 26th November 1920 she was ‘re-built’. On the 27th she is registered as leaving Stanley for Fitzroy. Her cargos were mainly meat and tussac grass. The last official report about her had ALUNA arriving in Stanley from East Island, under the command of Master Bailey, carrying a cargo of beef. Her next, and last, shipping entry simply notes: “Wrecked Yorke Bay June 1922”.
The ALUNA, with Master K. Lindenberg at the helm arrived in Stanley from Johnsons Harbour on 3rd January 1914. According to Falkland Island shipping records, she made numerous trips from Stanley to Port Louis, Fitzroy and Berkeley Sound between then and 1920. On or just before 26th November 1920 she was ‘re-built’. On the 27th she is registered as leaving Stanley for Fitzroy. Her cargos were mainly meat and tussac grass. The last official report about her had ALUNA arriving in Stanley from East Island, under the command of Master Bailey, carrying a cargo of beef. Her next, and last, shipping entry simply notes: “Wrecked Yorke Bay June 1922”.
