JOHN R. KELLEY
JOHN R. KELLEY
Years Active: 1883-1899
Vessel Type: Full-rigged Wooden Ship
Full-rigged
Nationality: American
Driven onto rocks near East Tussac Island in East Falkland, during a violent storm in May 1899.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1883-1899
Power:
Sail
Built:
1883
Size:
2,364 Gross, 2,255 Net tons
78.30 x 13.72 x 8.56 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Goss, Sawyer & Kelley At Bath, Maine, USA
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1883
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Goss, Sawyer & Kelley At Bath, Maine, USA
Size: 2,364 Gross, 2,255 Net tons
Dimensions: 78.30 x 13.72 x 8.56 metres
According to a local press report: “The JOHN R. KELLEY, anchored in Port William on the 24th May 1899 having encountered severe weather off Cape Horn, which together with a shifting cargo (railway irons. &c.) and leakage obliged her to make for the Falklands. The next morning a gale set in from the N. E. east and increased in violence so that the ship dragged her anchors and was eventually driven on the rocks between the Tussac Islands in Port William. Signals of distress were sent up at about 8p.m., but it was impossible to render her any assistance owing to the furiousness of the gale and the crew spent an awful night on top of the deck houses, the water washing over and swamping the decks and cabins. It was a fortunate circumstance that early in the day, the captain had taken his wife and daughter and friend ashore, and that on account of the rising wind they were unable to return. Much sympathy is felt for them in this loss of their home.”
According to a local press report: “The JOHN R. KELLEY, anchored in Port William on the 24th May 1899 having encountered severe weather off Cape Horn, which together with a shifting cargo (railway irons. &c.) and leakage obliged her to make for the Falklands. The next morning a gale set in from the N. E. east and increased in violence so that the ship dragged her anchors and was eventually driven on the rocks between the Tussac Islands in Port William. Signals of distress were sent up at about 8p.m., but it was impossible to render her any assistance owing to the furiousness of the gale and the crew spent an awful night on top of the deck houses, the water washing over and swamping the decks and cabins. It was a fortunate circumstance that early in the day, the captain had taken his wife and daughter and friend ashore, and that on account of the rising wind they were unable to return. Much sympathy is felt for them in this loss of their home.”
