INDIANA
INDIANA
Years Active: 1908-1949
Vessel Type: Cutter
Cutter
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Blown ashore and wrecked during a storm on Sea Lion Island, the Falkland Islands, in September 1949 after being left at anchor by her two-man crew.
Main Use:
Coasting
Years Active:
1908-1949
Power:
Sail
Built:
1908
Size:
6.33 Net tons
7.62 x 2.74 x 1.10 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Main Use: Coasting
Built: 1908
Power: Sail
Size: 6.33 Net tons
Dimensions: 7.62 x 2.74 x 1.10 metres
The INDIANA spent her entire working life as a coaster carrying supplies to farm settlements in the Falkland Islands. She was often seen taking tussac grass and penguin eggs into Stanley. In 1921, she was involved in a drama when she was used, illegally, to salvage valuables from the wrecked whale-factory ship GUVERNOREN at Cow Bay in East Falkland. In September 1949, sheltering from a storm, her two crew members anchored in a cove at Sea Lion Island, 74 miles (120 km) southwest of Stanley. They went ashore and spent the night in the Island’s uninhabited ‘safe’ house. The following morning, when the pair returned to the cove they found the INDIANA “smashed” on the beach. She had been blown ashore during the night. The two men were stranded on the Island for three weeks, before they were rescued by the PENELOPE.
The INDIANA spent her entire working life as a coaster carrying supplies to farm settlements in the Falkland Islands. She was often seen taking tussac grass and penguin eggs into Stanley. In 1921, she was involved in a drama when she was used, illegally, to salvage valuables from the wrecked whale-factory ship GUVERNOREN at Cow Bay in East Falkland. In September 1949, sheltering from a storm, her two crew members anchored in a cove at Sea Lion Island, 74 miles (120 km) southwest of Stanley. They went ashore and spent the night in the Island’s uninhabited ‘safe’ house. The following morning, when the pair returned to the cove they found the INDIANA “smashed” on the beach. She had been blown ashore during the night. The two men were stranded on the Island for three weeks, before they were rescued by the PENELOPE.
