G. F. HAENDAL
G. F. HAENDAL
Years Active: 1869-1880
Vessel Type: Wooden Barque
Barque
Nationality: Bremen
Burned to the waterline in November 1880 after arriving in the Falklands on fire en route to Honolulu from Germany with a statue of the King of Hawaii
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1869-1880
Power:
Sail
Built:
1869
Size:
939 Gross tons
49.23 x 9.63 x 6.89 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Tecklenborg at Bremerhaven
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1869
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Tecklenborg at Bremerhaven
Size: 939 Gross tons
Dimensions: 49.23 x 9.63 x 6.89 metres
The G. F. HAENDAL was named after the German-British composer George Frideric Handel. News of her fate came from the Falkland Islands Company’s local Manager in a memo to London: “The German Barque G. F. HAENDAL of Bremen, from Bremen for Honolulu came into Port William on 15th November 1880 on fire, and not withstanding all efforts to put it out, she burnt to the water’s edge. She had a very valuable cargo on board, a great part of which has been discharged, but there is some left and the local Schooner LETITIA is ‘working’ it, on salvage, at 33.3%. It is impossible to give any more information at the present time as the first load has not been brought to Stanley.” Among the cargo was a bronze statue of King Kamehameha I, the conqueror and first King of Hawaii, which now stands in front of the North Kohala Civic Center at Kapaʻau in the US state of Hawaii. He is also known as Kamehameha The Great.
The G. F. HAENDAL was named after the German-British composer George Frideric Handel. News of her fate came from the Falkland Islands Company’s local Manager in a memo to London: “The German Barque G. F. HAENDAL of Bremen, from Bremen for Honolulu came into Port William on 15th November 1880 on fire, and not withstanding all efforts to put it out, she burnt to the water’s edge. She had a very valuable cargo on board, a great part of which has been discharged, but there is some left and the local Schooner LETITIA is ‘working’ it, on salvage, at 33.3%. It is impossible to give any more information at the present time as the first load has not been brought to Stanley.” Among the cargo was a bronze statue of King Kamehameha I, the conqueror and first King of Hawaii, which now stands in front of the North Kohala Civic Center at Kapaʻau in the US state of Hawaii. He is also known as Kamehameha The Great.
