CASTALIA
CASTALIA
Years Active: 1874-1893
Vessel Type: Wooden 2-masted Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: British
Wrecked on Weddell Island, West Falkland by a “terrific” gale on 31st March 1893, after dragging her anchors and being blown ashore.
Main Use:
Coasting
Years Active:
1874-1893
Power:
Sail
Built:
1874
Size:
119.54 Gross and Net tons
31.52 x 7.07 x 3.69 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Inman & Son at Lymington, Hampshire, England
Main Use: Coasting
Built: 1874
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Inman & Son at Lymington, Hampshire, England
Size: 119.54 Gross and Net tons
Dimensions: 31.52 x 7.07 x 3.69 metres
The CASTALIA’s fate is clearly told in a series of dispatches from Andrew Baillon, Falkland Islands Company, Stanley, to Frederick E. Cobb, in London: “I regret to inform you that during a terrific gale from the southeast which raged here from 31st March to 1st April, the CASTALIA, whilst lying in Gull Harbour, Weddell Island, dragged both her anchors and struck a rocky shelf on the east side of the jetty. I dispatched the HORNET with carpenters and the necessary materials for repair.” The second message had worse news: “I much regret being unable to report anything satisfactory as regards the CASTALIA since my last dispatch. The tides have damaged her badly. We are sending diving apparatus which will, we think, enable us to get her into Stanley before very long.” The final note dashed that hope: “To my intense regret I have tell you that the CASTALIA has been abandoned as a total wreck. CASTALIA’s gear etc. will be sold by auction together with the wrecked hull, as soon as possible.”
The CASTALIA’s fate is clearly told in a series of dispatches from Andrew Baillon, Falkland Islands Company, Stanley, to Frederick E. Cobb, in London: “I regret to inform you that during a terrific gale from the southeast which raged here from 31st March to 1st April, the CASTALIA, whilst lying in Gull Harbour, Weddell Island, dragged both her anchors and struck a rocky shelf on the east side of the jetty. I dispatched the HORNET with carpenters and the necessary materials for repair.” The second message had worse news: “I much regret being unable to report anything satisfactory as regards the CASTALIA since my last dispatch. The tides have damaged her badly. We are sending diving apparatus which will, we think, enable us to get her into Stanley before very long.” The final note dashed that hope: “To my intense regret I have tell you that the CASTALIA has been abandoned as a total wreck. CASTALIA’s gear etc. will be sold by auction together with the wrecked hull, as soon as possible.”
