GLENGOWAN
GLENGOWAN
Years Active: 1895 only
Vessel Type: 3-masted, steel Ship
Full-rigged
Nationality: Scottish
Caught fire on her maiden voyage in 1895. Put into the Falklands, where, after four days of unsuccessful firefighting, she was declared a total loss.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1895 only
Power:
Sail
Built:
1895
Size:
1,967 Gross, 1,801 Net tons
80.92 x 12.19 x 7.16 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Anderson Rodger & Co. at Port Glasgow, Scotland
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1895
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Anderson Rodger & Co. at Port Glasgow, Scotland
Size: 1,967 Gross, 1,801 Net tons
Dimensions: 80.92 x 12.19 x 7.16 metres
Carrying a cargo of coal and coke on her maiden voyage from Swansea to San Francisco, the GLENGOWAN put into Port William in the Falkland Islands on 17th December 1895 with a fire in her hold. A lighter with a fire engine was sent to pump water into the ship. On the evening of the 18th, with the fire still burning, it was decided to get her into the inner Harbour and scuttle her. She was beached in Whalebone Bay. The following day, with the fire still spreading rapidly, the deck planking caught fire and was thrown overboard. The deck house had also been burned and the sides of the ship were bulging. On 21st December, surveyors, judging that she would be a total loss, decided to abandon her and she was condemned. She was purchased by the Falkland Islands Company, who, 15 years later, sold her to the Christian Salvesen Whaling Company. Towed 148 miles southwest to New Island, she was used as a coal hulk until the station was abandoned in 1916. She later sank at her moorings.
Carrying a cargo of coal and coke on her maiden voyage from Swansea to San Francisco, the GLENGOWAN put into Port William in the Falkland Islands on 17th December 1895 with a fire in her hold. A lighter with a fire engine was sent to pump water into the ship. On the evening of the 18th, with the fire still burning, it was decided to get her into the inner Harbour and scuttle her. She was beached in Whalebone Bay. The following day, with the fire still spreading rapidly, the deck planking caught fire and was thrown overboard. The deck house had also been burned and the sides of the ship were bulging. On 21st December, surveyors, judging that she would be a total loss, decided to abandon her and she was condemned. She was purchased by the Falkland Islands Company, who, 15 years later, sold her to the Christian Salvesen Whaling Company. Towed 148 miles southwest to New Island, she was used as a coal hulk until the station was abandoned in 1916. She later sank at her moorings.
