KELP
KELP
Years Active: 1916-1948
Vessel Type: Steel Steam Tug
Steam Tug
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Scuttled in Port William in January 1948 after more than a quarter of a century as a Falkland Islands’ tug.
Main Use:
Towing and ferrying passengers
Years Active:
1916-1948
Power:
Muir & Findlay steam engine
Built:
1916
Size:
26.27 Gross, 5.90 Net tons
14.72 x 3.69 x 1.80 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Philip & Son Ltd. at Sandquay, Dartmouth, Devon, England
Main Use: Towing and ferrying passengers
Built: 1916
Power: Muir & Findlay steam engine
Design/Build: Philip & Son Ltd. at Sandquay, Dartmouth, Devon, England
Size: 26.27 Gross, 5.90 Net tons
Dimensions: 14.72 x 3.69 x 1.80 metres
The KELP had a long and illustrious history in the Falkland Islands and was a familiar sight in Stanley Harbour between 1922 and 1947. Originally owned by the Inland Water Transport Directorate at the War Office in London and used for harbour work in Britain, the steam tug was laid up after WW1. She was bought by the Falkland Islands Company, in 1921 and shipped to Stanley aboard the whale factory ship, BALLENA, arriving 12th June 1922. For the next 26 years she was used in Stanley and Port William, towing the FIC’s lighters and Admiralty oil barges. She also acted as tender to the regular Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s mail steamers, ferrying passengers ashore. In 1937, KELP assisted the ROYDUR in moving the hulk SS GREAT BRITAIN from Stanley Harbour to Sparrow Cove. In her later years, she also carried cruise ship passengers to penguin rookeries in and around Port William. In January 1948 she was taken out to Port William and scuttled, not far from Camber Dock.
The KELP had a long and illustrious history in the Falkland Islands and was a familiar sight in Stanley Harbour between 1922 and 1947. Originally owned by the Inland Water Transport Directorate at the War Office in London and used for harbour work in Britain, the steam tug was laid up after WW1. She was bought by the Falkland Islands Company, in 1921 and shipped to Stanley aboard the whale factory ship, BALLENA, arriving 12th June 1922. For the next 26 years she was used in Stanley and Port William, towing the FIC’s lighters and Admiralty oil barges. She also acted as tender to the regular Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s mail steamers, ferrying passengers ashore. In 1937, KELP assisted the ROYDUR in moving the hulk SS GREAT BRITAIN from Stanley Harbour to Sparrow Cove. In her later years, she also carried cruise ship passengers to penguin rookeries in and around Port William. In January 1948 she was taken out to Port William and scuttled, not far from Camber Dock.
