ARGYLESHIRE
ARGYLESHIRE
Years Active: 1870-1893
Vessel Type: 3-masted Iron Barque
Barque
Nationality: Scottish
Wrecked in West Falkland in 1893, with no loss of life after her captain committed “a grave error of judgement” by running her ashore.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1870-1893
Power:
Sail
Built:
1870
Size:
737 Gross, 708 Net tons
56.63 x 9.51 x 5.61 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Dobie & Co., Old Yard, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1870
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Dobie & Co., Old Yard, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Size: 737 Gross, 708 Net tons
Dimensions: 56.63 x 9.51 x 5.61 metres
After this barque ran ashore on Jason Island in West Falkland during a gale, on 17th June 1893, and was totally wrecked, a British Board of Trade inquiry found that her master had committed a “grave error of judgement” that had caused the shipwreck. Fortunately, there was no loss of life – the crew of the ARGYLESHIRE escaped safely on to the land and were rescued by a passing schooner, the IONE. The inquiry was highly critical of the captain: “who, on sighting what he supposed to be the Eddystone Rock, did not at once put about the ship and stand off the land seeing night was coming on, and more especially as he was not certain as to his position.”
After this barque ran ashore on Jason Island in West Falkland during a gale, on 17th June 1893, and was totally wrecked, a British Board of Trade inquiry found that her master had committed a “grave error of judgement” that had caused the shipwreck. Fortunately, there was no loss of life – the crew of the ARGYLESHIRE escaped safely on to the land and were rescued by a passing schooner, the IONE. The inquiry was highly critical of the captain: “who, on sighting what he supposed to be the Eddystone Rock, did not at once put about the ship and stand off the land seeing night was coming on, and more especially as he was not certain as to his position.”
