DENMARK
DENMARK
Years Active: 1841-1866
Vessel Type: Barque
Barque
Nationality: English
25th April 1866 Abandoned in a sinking condition when to the north of the Falklands.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1841-1866
Power:
Sail
Built:
1841
Size:
649 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1841
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Size: 649 Net tons
Abandoned in a sinking condition at 49˚S and 60˚W, approximately 150 miles north of Pebble Island, West Falklands. — The 17-man crew of the DENMARK were picked up the following day by H.M.S. TOPAZE, Captain Dowell, 46 days out from Gibraltar, arriving in Stanley on 27th. – On 1st May 1866 Governor McKenzie wrote to the Vice-Consul, Montevideo, Uruguay:
“Sir, I have the honour to inform you that I have dispatched, in the Schooner FOAM, to Montevideo the master and crew of the wrecked ship DENMARK for transmission to England as distressed seamen. Captain John Gray and his 16-man crew have been liberally provided, by me, with clothes and bedding. They have been entered on the FOAM’s articles for security in giving the master some control over them.” — DENMARK’s ‘Registry of Shipping and Seamen – Appropriation Book’ entry is annotated: “Abandoned. Reported 09-Jul-1866.”
Abandoned in a sinking condition at 49˚S and 60˚W, approximately 150 miles north of Pebble Island, West Falklands. — The 17-man crew of the DENMARK were picked up the following day by H.M.S. TOPAZE, Captain Dowell, 46 days out from Gibraltar, arriving in Stanley on 27th. – On 1st May 1866 Governor McKenzie wrote to the Vice-Consul, Montevideo, Uruguay:
“Sir, I have the honour to inform you that I have dispatched, in the Schooner FOAM, to Montevideo the master and crew of the wrecked ship DENMARK for transmission to England as distressed seamen. Captain John Gray and his 16-man crew have been liberally provided, by me, with clothes and bedding. They have been entered on the FOAM’s articles for security in giving the master some control over them.” — DENMARK’s ‘Registry of Shipping and Seamen – Appropriation Book’ entry is annotated: “Abandoned. Reported 09-Jul-1866.”
