FAIR ROSAMOND
FAIR ROSAMOND
Years Active: 1846-1904
Vessel Type: 2-masted wooden Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Ran aground and ‘totally’ wrecked on Prong Point, East Falkland soon after leaving Stanley Harbour in April 1904. All passengers and crew survive.
Main Use:
Coasting, including mail and passengers
Years Active:
1846-1904
Power:
Sail
Built:
1846
Size:
82.23 Gross, 73.85 Net tons
23.13 x 5.24 x 3.23 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Main Use: Coasting, including mail and passengers
Built: 1846
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Size: 82.23 Gross, 73.85 Net tons
Dimensions: 23.13 x 5.24 x 3.23 metres
According to local press, the FAIR ROSAMOND left Stanley at about 11:00 on Thursday 14th April in an “easterly breeze”. But the wind quickly “fell” and by evening a thick blanket of fog “obscured everything”. The crew reported the “last sight of land” as Port Harriet at about 18:00 . With the wind still reducing and the fog thickening, the FAIR ROSAMOND’s captain (Osborne) decided to put the vessel’s head “more to the South”, as he guessed he must be nearing Lively Island on East Falkland, and wanted to keep well clear of Shag Rocks. When a look-out shouted “breakers ahead” Captain Osborne put the vessel “about”. A boat was put into the water to try and tow her “head” round but the swell was too great and the FAIR ROSAMOND was soon on the reef off Prong Point. The violence of the “bumps” and the fact that she had “listed over badly”, prompted the captain to order passengers and crew into a lifeboat. It was about 02:30 on 15th April 1904 and the FAIR ROSAMOND was now a “total wreck”.
According to local press, the FAIR ROSAMOND left Stanley at about 11:00 on Thursday 14th April in an “easterly breeze”. But the wind quickly “fell” and by evening a thick blanket of fog “obscured everything”. The crew reported the “last sight of land” as Port Harriet at about 18:00 . With the wind still reducing and the fog thickening, the FAIR ROSAMOND’s captain (Osborne) decided to put the vessel’s head “more to the South”, as he guessed he must be nearing Lively Island on East Falkland, and wanted to keep well clear of Shag Rocks. When a look-out shouted “breakers ahead” Captain Osborne put the vessel “about”. A boat was put into the water to try and tow her “head” round but the swell was too great and the FAIR ROSAMOND was soon on the reef off Prong Point. The violence of the “bumps” and the fact that she had “listed over badly”, prompted the captain to order passengers and crew into a lifeboat. It was about 02:30 on 15th April 1904 and the FAIR ROSAMOND was now a “total wreck”.
