GLEAM
GLEAM
Years Active: <1906-1920
Vessel Type: Wooden Yawl
Yawl
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Wrecked on a reef at night near Bleaker Island, East Falkland in November 1920.
Main Use:
Farm Settlement Support
Years Active:
<1906-1920
Power:
Sail
Built:
Size:
22 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Main Use: Farm Settlement Support
Power: Sail
Size: 22 Net tons
GLEAM arrived in Stanley from London on 15th September 1906 to work as a support vessel for Great Island in East Falkland. In 1917 she was sold and returned to Stanley. On 18th October 1920, she left Stanley headed for Port Louis, Fitzroy and Speedwell Island but instead ended up on a reef near Bleaker Island. According to Arthur F. Cobb, writing in the Bleaker Island Farm Diary in November 1920: “Crew of GLEAM turned up at 04:00 and said they were wrecked, having caught on a reef at 22:30 [on 4th November]. On their return to the vessel, at 18:30, there were five or six feet of water in her.” With the assistance of Arthur Cobb and others, various attempts were made by the crew to save the vessel, but to no avail and eventually she was declared a wreck. In December 1920, the local press reported: “James Aitken and Jack Davis, the owners [of the GLEAM] wish to express their gratitude to Mr. Arthur Cobb for his great kindness and assistance.”
GLEAM arrived in Stanley from London on 15th September 1906 to work as a support vessel for Great Island in East Falkland. In 1917 she was sold and returned to Stanley. On 18th October 1920, she left Stanley headed for Port Louis, Fitzroy and Speedwell Island but instead ended up on a reef near Bleaker Island. According to Arthur F. Cobb, writing in the Bleaker Island Farm Diary in November 1920: “Crew of GLEAM turned up at 04:00 and said they were wrecked, having caught on a reef at 22:30 [on 4th November]. On their return to the vessel, at 18:30, there were five or six feet of water in her.” With the assistance of Arthur Cobb and others, various attempts were made by the crew to save the vessel, but to no avail and eventually she was declared a wreck. In December 1920, the local press reported: “James Aitken and Jack Davis, the owners [of the GLEAM] wish to express their gratitude to Mr. Arthur Cobb for his great kindness and assistance.”
