LITTLE EDITH
LITTLE EDITH
Years Active: 1860-1871
Vessel Type: Full-rigged Iron Ship
Full-rigged
Nationality: English
Wrecked on Prong Point in East Falkland after running aground in a heavy snowstorm in July 1871. 13 crew members and most of the cargo saved.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1860-1871
Power:
Sail
Built:
1860
Size:
569 Net tons
49.38 x 8.23 x 5.39 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Oswald’s at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1860
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Oswald's at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
Size: 569 Net tons
Dimensions: 49.38 x 8.23 x 5.39 metres
According to the LITTLE EDITH’s master, Captain Jones, she ran aground on Lively Island, East Falkland, and became stuck fast during a heavy snowstorm on the 19th July 1871, whilst trying to reach Stanley harbour for repairs. LITTLE EDITH had sprung a leak during a gale as she tried to round the Horn. The captain reported that he was “out of his reckoning, not having been able to take an observation for some days”. He and his crew of 13 landed safely and the management of the wreck and its cargo was put into the hands of the Falkland Islands Company. It appears they did very well out of the salvage, with their schooners alone making more than £500 gross in less than two months. Captain Jones left Stanley as a passenger aboard the FIC schooner, LOTUS, for Montevideo, on 29 September 1871, and found himself shipwrecked again when, on the 2nd October the LOTUS ran onto rocks in the Tamar Pass, West Falkland. Four died.
According to the LITTLE EDITH’s master, Captain Jones, she ran aground on Lively Island, East Falkland, and became stuck fast during a heavy snowstorm on the 19th July 1871, whilst trying to reach Stanley harbour for repairs. LITTLE EDITH had sprung a leak during a gale as she tried to round the Horn. The captain reported that he was “out of his reckoning, not having been able to take an observation for some days”. He and his crew of 13 landed safely and the management of the wreck and its cargo was put into the hands of the Falkland Islands Company. It appears they did very well out of the salvage, with their schooners alone making more than £500 gross in less than two months. Captain Jones left Stanley as a passenger aboard the FIC schooner, LOTUS, for Montevideo, on 29 September 1871, and found himself shipwrecked again when, on the 2nd October the LOTUS ran onto rocks in the Tamar Pass, West Falkland. Four died.
