GRANITE
GRANITE
Years Active: 1833-1850
Vessel Type: Brig
Brig
Nationality: American
Smashed to pieces after striking West Point Island off the north west tip of West Falkland in July 1850. Captain and crew saved by a sealing boat.
Main Use:
Years Active:
1833-1850
Power:
Sail
Built:
1833
Size:
150 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Built: 1833
Power: Sail
Size: 150 Net tons
GRANITE, Captain William Upton, was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to California. – William describes the ordeal in a letter to his brother Samuel: “I am sorry to inform you of the loss of the brig which took place on the 27th of July at West Bay [Point?] Falkland Islands. The particulars of which are: At 01:00, being a length off the rocks, the sea making a clear break over her, we left her in the long boat and made shore with great difficulty barely saving our lives. At 11:00, the vessel struck and went to pieces after which we got some provisions and a few clothes from the wreck which we subsisted on till the 22nd of October when we were taken off by a sealing boat belonging to Stanley…”
GRANITE, Captain William Upton, was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to California. – William describes the ordeal in a letter to his brother Samuel: “I am sorry to inform you of the loss of the brig which took place on the 27th of July at West Bay [Point?] Falkland Islands. The particulars of which are: At 01:00, being a length off the rocks, the sea making a clear break over her, we left her in the long boat and made shore with great difficulty barely saving our lives. At 11:00, the vessel struck and went to pieces after which we got some provisions and a few clothes from the wreck which we subsisted on till the 22nd of October when we were taken off by a sealing boat belonging to Stanley…”
