EARL
EARL
Vessel Type: Wooden 1-masted Cutter
Cutter
Nationality: Falkland islands
Presumed destroyed at Seal Cove, East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands after being damaged by a gale during a “sealing voyage” in October 1894.
Main Use:
Coaster
Years Active:
Power:
Sail
Built:
Size:
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Main Use: Coaster
Power: Sail
On 6th May 1894 the EARL was first mentioned in local documents when she left Stanley on a sealing voyage. On board were John Kirwan and three others. Five months later, the EARL left Stanley to seal on the Beauchene Islands. Two men were landed on the Beauchene Islands with a supply of stores. As a gale blew up, the EARL parted one anchor and had to slip the other. It is reported that she was beached loaded with seal skins from Beauchene Island. Having no anchor left, she tried to get into Bleaker Island Harbour but was unable to do so. She then made for Seal Cove where she was beached again, with her rudder badly damaged. On 22nd October 1894 another vessel, said tobe the CHANCE, arrived from Beauchene Island. It’s said that the EARL was too damaged to be towed and remained on the beach at Seal Cove. in April 1895, she was offered for sale where she lay at Seal Cove. It is not known whether or not she was sold. No mention of her after that advertisement.
On 6th May 1894 the EARL was first mentioned in local documents when she left Stanley on a sealing voyage. On board were John Kirwan and three others. Five months later, the EARL left Stanley to seal on the Beauchene Islands. Two men were landed on the Beauchene Islands with a supply of stores. As a gale blew up, the EARL parted one anchor and had to slip the other. It is reported that she was beached loaded with seal skins from Beauchene Island. Having no anchor left, she tried to get into Bleaker Island Harbour but was unable to do so. She then made for Seal Cove where she was beached again, with her rudder badly damaged. On 22nd October 1894 another vessel, said tobe the CHANCE, arrived from Beauchene Island. It’s said that the EARL was too damaged to be towed and remained on the beach at Seal Cove. in April 1895, she was offered for sale where she lay at Seal Cove. It is not known whether or not she was sold. No mention of her after that advertisement.
