ESTRELLA
ESTRELLA
Years Active: 1880-1902
Vessel Type: 2-masted wooden Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Sails blown away and wrecked during a fierce snow storm in Seal Cove, west of Lively Island, East Falkland, in July 1902.
Main Use:
Coasting, including mail and passengers
Years Active:
1880-1902
Power:
Sail
Built:
1880
Size:
60.4 Gross, 54.2 Net tons
23.16m x 6.43m x 2.07 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Foreign
Main Use: Coasting, including mail and passengers
Built: 1880
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Foreign
Size: 60.4 Gross, 54.2 Net tons
Dimensions: 23.16m x 6.43m x 2.07 metres
ESTRELLA arrived in Stanley on 19th February 1900, before starting work as a general coastal vessel around the Falklands. 30 months later, she was a ‘total wreck’. According to her captain’s log: “Left Stanley 15th July 1902, wind backed and blew hard; tried for Bleaker Island, foresail and jib carried away; hove to. Drifting with sea and south wind all night, off Lively Island next morning at 08:00, snowing hard, drifting nearer beach; at 12:00, the wind backed to southwest; headed for Seal Cove”. Her demise was also reported in the local press: “Mr Fred J. Biggs, Manager of Lively Island, writes from Darwin dated 22nd July: ‘I came here last night with Captain Miller of the ESTRELLA. She is a total wreck on Seal Island, Seal Cove [Between Lively Island and the mainland]. He lost his sails on the night he left Stanley and was trying to get into Seal Cove with the rags of the sails. ESTRELLA struck in the middle of the S. E. blizzard on Wednesday night 16th July between 18:00-19:00.’”
ESTRELLA arrived in Stanley on 19th February 1900, before starting work as a general coastal vessel around the Falklands. 30 months later, she was a ‘total wreck’. According to her captain’s log: “Left Stanley 15th July 1902, wind backed and blew hard; tried for Bleaker Island, foresail and jib carried away; hove to. Drifting with sea and south wind all night, off Lively Island next morning at 08:00, snowing hard, drifting nearer beach; at 12:00, the wind backed to southwest; headed for Seal Cove”. Her demise was also reported in the local press: “Mr Fred J. Biggs, Manager of Lively Island, writes from Darwin dated 22nd July: ‘I came here last night with Captain Miller of the ESTRELLA. She is a total wreck on Seal Island, Seal Cove [Between Lively Island and the mainland]. He lost his sails on the night he left Stanley and was trying to get into Seal Cove with the rags of the sails. ESTRELLA struck in the middle of the S. E. blizzard on Wednesday night 16th July between 18:00-19:00.’”
