GLAUCUS
GLAUCUS
Years Active: 1844-1854
Vessel Type: Brigantine
Brigantine
Nationality: English
Wrecked on an uninhabited island in the Falklands in October 1854 in unknown circumstances. Captain and crew saved and “valuable” cargo salvaged.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1844-1854
Power:
Sail
Built:
1844
Size:
240 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Poole, Dorset
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1844
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Poole, Dorset
Size: 240 Net tons
The English-owned brigantine was lost in the Falklands sometime before 17th October 1854. No details of how she came to be wrecked on the uninhabited Governor Island, which is part of the Beaver islands group of West Falkland, have been found but it is known that her Master, Captain Bennison and his entire crew arrived in Stanley on the 17th October aboard the American Schooner TEKOA. It is also reported that the “valuable” cargo carried by the GLAUCUS was salvaged and arrived in Stanley between November 1854 and August 1855, carried by two local vessels: the ketch PERSEVERENCE, under Captain Brown, and the schooner FANNY, with Captain Garret. Apart from that, we know nothing else.
The English-owned brigantine was lost in the Falklands sometime before 17th October 1854. No details of how she came to be wrecked on the uninhabited Governor Island, which is part of the Beaver islands group of West Falkland, have been found but it is known that her Master, Captain Bennison and his entire crew arrived in Stanley on the 17th October aboard the American Schooner TEKOA. It is also reported that the “valuable” cargo carried by the GLAUCUS was salvaged and arrived in Stanley between November 1854 and August 1855, carried by two local vessels: the ketch PERSEVERENCE, under Captain Brown, and the schooner FANNY, with Captain Garret. Apart from that, we know nothing else.
