HERALD
HERALD
Years Active: 1841-1855
Vessel Type: Wooden Barque
Barque
Nationality: Guernsey
Wrecked on Bird Island, the Falklands, with the loss of her captain. His crew of seven, which included his two teenage sons.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1841-1855
Power:
Sail
Built:
1841
Size:
349.84 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Jones at South Beach, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1841
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Jones at South Beach, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Size: 349.84 Net tons
On 12th August 1855, the Guernsey registered wooden cargo barque, HERALD, with Captain Henry Jones at the helm was 79 days out of London bound for Valparaiso in Chile when she was “totally lost” on Bird Island, southwest of Port Stephens, West Falkland. Captain Jones was drowned, but his crew of seven, including his two teenage sons, were rescued. On 28th September, a three-masted schooner, MINERVA, left Stanley bound for Swansea, with the seven survivors on board. Captain Jones sons were named as, Henry, 19, and William, 17. Also on board was the HERALD’s Chief Officer, Mr. James le Cheminant. The disaster did not put both of Captain Jones’ sons off the sea – one would become a veteran Cape Horner and later a revered Harbour Master at St Peter Port in Guernsey.
On 12th August 1855, the Guernsey registered wooden cargo barque, HERALD, with Captain Henry Jones at the helm was 79 days out of London bound for Valparaiso in Chile when she was “totally lost” on Bird Island, southwest of Port Stephens, West Falkland. Captain Jones was drowned, but his crew of seven, including his two teenage sons, were rescued. On 28th September, a three-masted schooner, MINERVA, left Stanley bound for Swansea, with the seven survivors on board. Captain Jones sons were named as, Henry, 19, and William, 17. Also on board was the HERALD’s Chief Officer, Mr. James le Cheminant. The disaster did not put both of Captain Jones’ sons off the sea – one would become a veteran Cape Horner and later a revered Harbour Master at St Peter Port in Guernsey.
