PORVENIR
PORVENIR
Years Active: 1937-1948
Vessel Type: Wooden 2-masted Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Ran onto a reef in December 1948 at Kidney Island, northwest of Lively Island in East Falkland whilst carrying a cargo of lambs. Crew survived.
Main Use:
Coasting / Farm Settlement support
Years Active:
1937-1948
Power:
Sail
Built:
Size:
29 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Chile
Main Use: Coasting / Farm Settlement support
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Chile
Size: 29 Net tons
Falklanders learned about the loss of the PORVENIR on the 15th December 1948 from ‘The Falkland Islands Weekly News’: “The schooner PORVENIR, with a cargo of lambs, went aground on a reef at Kidney Island, off Lively Island, late on Wednesday night. A message received from Mr. Gilruth at Darwin, said that the PORVENIR, was being ‘buffeted by strong winds’, and that her position was fast becoming dangerous. The two-man crew were saved, but not so some of the lambs, at the cost of some Christmas lunches in Stanley.” In the months that followed the grounding, numerous attempts were made to pull the PORVENIR off the rocks. Mainly by the Falkland Island Government’s PHILOMEL and the Royal Research Ship JOHN BISCOE. All failed.
Falklanders learned about the loss of the PORVENIR on the 15th December 1948 from ‘The Falkland Islands Weekly News’: “The schooner PORVENIR, with a cargo of lambs, went aground on a reef at Kidney Island, off Lively Island, late on Wednesday night. A message received from Mr. Gilruth at Darwin, said that the PORVENIR, was being ‘buffeted by strong winds’, and that her position was fast becoming dangerous. The two-man crew were saved, but not so some of the lambs, at the cost of some Christmas lunches in Stanley.” In the months that followed the grounding, numerous attempts were made to pull the PORVENIR off the rocks. Mainly by the Falkland Island Government’s PHILOMEL and the Royal Research Ship JOHN BISCOE. All failed.
