LOTUS
LOTUS
Years Active: 1850-1871
Vessel Type: 2-masted topsail Schooner
Topsail Schooner
Nationality: English
Carried ashore and wrecked by a swell in October 1871, whilst inside the Tamar Pass, in the Falkland Islands, with the loss of four lives.
Main Use:
Passenger, Mail and cargo
Years Active:
1850-1871
Power:
Sail
Built:
1850
Size:
125 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Gosport, Hampshire
Main Use: Passenger, Mail and cargo
Built: 1850
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Gosport, Hampshire
Size: 125 Net tons
This twin-masted former Royal Yacht Squadron schooner, launched in 1850, was wrecked on what is now named Lotus Rock at the Eastern side of the Tamar Pass on Pebble Island. The LOTUS left Stanley on 29th September 1871 for Port Purvis, West Falkland, and Montevideo, Uruguay, with a quantity of odds and ends from the shipwrecked vessels VAMPYR and LITTLE EDITH. In addition, she carried 23 passengers including Captain Sully and Captain Jones of the FLOWER OF THE FOREST and LITTLE EDITH and parts of the shipwrecked crews of LITTLE EDITH, FLOWER OF THE FOREST and PRINCESS. When the LOTUS sank, on 2nd October 1871, there were four fatalities: two of the recently shipwrecked sailors went down with her. Another person, described as “an invalid”, died on the beach and one other person died whilst walking to the safety of a house at Port Purvis, owned by a Mr Waldron. It was also reported that Four persons and “Her Majesty’s mail was lost” (meaning Queen Victoria).
This twin-masted former Royal Yacht Squadron schooner, launched in 1850, was wrecked on what is now named Lotus Rock at the Eastern side of the Tamar Pass on Pebble Island. The LOTUS left Stanley on 29th September 1871 for Port Purvis, West Falkland, and Montevideo, Uruguay, with a quantity of odds and ends from the shipwrecked vessels VAMPYR and LITTLE EDITH. In addition, she carried 23 passengers including Captain Sully and Captain Jones of the FLOWER OF THE FOREST and LITTLE EDITH and parts of the shipwrecked crews of LITTLE EDITH, FLOWER OF THE FOREST and PRINCESS. When the LOTUS sank, on 2nd October 1871, there were four fatalities: two of the recently shipwrecked sailors went down with her. Another person, described as “an invalid”, died on the beach and one other person died whilst walking to the safety of a house at Port Purvis, owned by a Mr Waldron. It was also reported that Four persons and “Her Majesty’s mail was lost” (meaning Queen Victoria).
