GENTOO
GENTOO
Years Active: 1920-1981
Vessel Type: Wooden Motor Vessel
Steam Drifter
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Abandoned in 1982, after springing a leak, to become a wreck in the small bay in Stanley Harbour known as “The Canache”.
Main Use:
Farm Settlement Support
Years Active:
1920-1981
Power:
Widdop single cylinder 30bhp 400rpm
Built:
1920
Size:
55 Gross, 16 Net tons
22.56 x 5.52 x 2.54 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Jones at Buckie Slip & Shipyard Ltd., Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland
Main Use: Farm Settlement Support
Built: 1920
Power: Widdop single cylinder 30bhp 400rpm
Design/Build: Jones at Buckie Slip & Shipyard Ltd., Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland
Size: 55 Gross, 16 Net tons
Dimensions: 22.56 x 5.52 x 2.54 metres
The GENTOO arrived in the Falklands in 1927. Owned by the Dean Brothers she was used as a settlement support vessel for about until 1962, mainly working Pebble, Jason, and Keppel islands. She was then sold and moved to Stanley where she remained, largely idle, at anchor in the harbour until 1980, when she was purchased for conversion to a houseboat and taken from her anchorage to The Canache at the East End of Stanley Harbour. It is reported that, early in 1982, she sprang a leak and, although moored at the jetty, when the tide receded, she settled on the bottom and developed a list . It is thought that two 40-gallon fuel drums that were on board rolled, tipping the GENTOO on her side. Locals say it was always intended to repair her, but this never happened.
The GENTOO arrived in the Falklands in 1927. Owned by the Dean Brothers she was used as a settlement support vessel for about until 1962, mainly working Pebble, Jason, and Keppel islands. She was then sold and moved to Stanley where she remained, largely idle, at anchor in the harbour until 1980, when she was purchased for conversion to a houseboat and taken from her anchorage to The Canache at the East End of Stanley Harbour. It is reported that, early in 1982, she sprang a leak and, although moored at the jetty, when the tide receded, she settled on the bottom and developed a list . It is thought that two 40-gallon fuel drums that were on board rolled, tipping the GENTOO on her side. Locals say it was always intended to repair her, but this never happened.
