MALVINA
MALVINA
Years Active: 1907-1910
Vessel Type: Wooden Aux.-Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: Falkland Islands
One of the unluckiest ships to be purpose built for the Falkland Islands. Wrecked on a reef after her captain took a wrong turn in 1910.
Main Use:
Coasting
Years Active:
1907-1910
Power:
Sail with by a Gardener 65 b.h.p. oil engine
Built:
1906
Size:
117.35 Gross, 77.53 Net tons
28.32 x 7.16 x 3.20 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
A. Ferguson & Son at Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, Wales
Main Use: Coasting
Built: 1906
Power: Sail with by a Gardener 65 b.h.p. oil engine
Design/Build: A. Ferguson & Son at Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
Size: 117.35 Gross, 77.53 Net tons
Dimensions: 28.32 x 7.16 x 3.20 metres
MALVINA was the first auxiliary schooner to be purpose built for the Falkland Islands Company in Wales in 1906 at just over 117 gross tons. She immediately became accident prone. On launch she collided with another ship and when she was towed into Liverpool docks for fitting out she was found to have a leak, making 22 inches of water every 24 hours. Her maiden voyage was delayed three weeks at Holyhead, sheltering from gales, and upon her arrival in the Falklands, the Stanley company manager reported: “she narrowly escaped being wrecked on the Tussac Islands. She is still leaking 12” in 24 hours. The gypsy wheel on a windlass is jammed. Oakum has been pushed through the planking. Wood not properly seasoned. Sails too big for the spars. No doors fit properly. Bulwarks too low.” On the 9th May 1910 she was wrecked on a flat reef south of Rapid Point in West Falkland after her captain took a wrong channel. All lives were saved, as was most of her cargo.
MALVINA was the first auxiliary schooner to be purpose built for the Falkland Islands Company in Wales in 1906 at just over 117 gross tons. She immediately became accident prone. On launch she collided with another ship and when she was towed into Liverpool docks for fitting out she was found to have a leak, making 22 inches of water every 24 hours. Her maiden voyage was delayed three weeks at Holyhead, sheltering from gales, and upon her arrival in the Falklands, the Stanley company manager reported: “she narrowly escaped being wrecked on the Tussac Islands. She is still leaking 12” in 24 hours. The gypsy wheel on a windlass is jammed. Oakum has been pushed through the planking. Wood not properly seasoned. Sails too big for the spars. No doors fit properly. Bulwarks too low.” On the 9th May 1910 she was wrecked on a flat reef south of Rapid Point in West Falkland after her captain took a wrong channel. All lives were saved, as was most of her cargo.
