LADY ELIZABETH
LADY ELIZABETH
Years Active: 1879-1913
Vessel Type: 3-masted iron Barque
Barque
Nationality: Norwegian
Damaged rounding the Horn in 1913. Condemned as unseaworthy. After 23 years as a storage hulk in Stanley, now an iconic Falkland Islands shipwreck.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1879-1913
Power:
Sail
Built:
1879
Size:
1,208 Gross, 1,155 Net tons
67.97 x 10.67 x 6.52 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Robert Thompson Jnr, Southwick Yard, Sunderland, Co. Durham, England
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1879
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Robert Thompson Jnr, Southwick Yard, Sunderland, Co. Durham, England
Size: 1,208 Gross, 1,155 Net tons
Dimensions: 67.97 x 10.67 x 6.52 metres
Owned by a Norwegian company, the LADY ELIZABETH was a three-masted iron sailing barque built by the renowned Robert Thompson Jnr shipyard in Southwick, Sunderland in 1879. She had been badly damaged while attempting to round Cape Horn with a cargo of timber on 23rd February 1913. Four men and her deck cargo were lost in the storm. on 12th March she limped into Berkeley Sound in the Falkland Island but ran into a rock and was further damaged. Three days later she was towed into Stanley by the tug, SAMSON, where she was condemned as unseaworthy and sold for use as a storage hulk. 23 years later, during a fierce gale on 17th February 1936 she broke free from her moorings in the harbour and ran ashore in Whalebone Bay. She remained there to become an imposing and iconic Falkland Islands shipwreck and the only surviving example of a Robert Thompson Jnr built iron barque from the 19th century. As of 2024, a major tourist attraction and most photographed of all FI wrecks.
Owned by a Norwegian company, the LADY ELIZABETH was a three-masted iron sailing barque built by the renowned Robert Thompson Jnr shipyard in Southwick, Sunderland in 1879. She had been badly damaged while attempting to round Cape Horn with a cargo of timber on 23rd February 1913. Four men and her deck cargo were lost in the storm. on 12th March she limped into Berkeley Sound in the Falkland Island but ran into a rock and was further damaged. Three days later she was towed into Stanley by the tug, SAMSON, where she was condemned as unseaworthy and sold for use as a storage hulk. 23 years later, during a fierce gale on 17th February 1936 she broke free from her moorings in the harbour and ran ashore in Whalebone Bay. She remained there to become an imposing and iconic Falkland Islands shipwreck and the only surviving example of a Robert Thompson Jnr built iron barque from the 19th century. As of 2024, a major tourist attraction and most photographed of all FI wrecks.
