RICHARD WILLIAMS
RICHARD WILLIAMS
Years Active: 1874-1911
Vessel Type: Wooden Yawl
Yawl
Nationality: Falkland Islands
A ’Christian ship’ and ‘farm support vessel’ that became a total loss after being driven ashore by a gale, onto Pebble Island, in November 1911.
Main Use:
Mail, Farm Settlement Support, Coasting
Years Active:
1874-1911
Power:
Sail
Built:
1874
Size:
39 Gross and Net tons
17.10 x 4.63 x 2.77 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Mr. Burlace at Turnchapel, Plymouth, Devon, England
Main Use: Mail, Farm Settlement Support, Coasting
Built: 1874
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Mr. Burlace at Turnchapel, Plymouth, Devon, England
Size: 39 Gross and Net tons
Dimensions: 17.10 x 4.63 x 2.77 metres
The ALLEN GARDINER arrived in the Falklands on 24th May 1875 and was used as a support vessel for the South American Missionary Society’s Missions on Keppel Island, West Falkland, and in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. She mainly transported Native Indians from South America to the Falklands to be converted to Christianity. In 1884, she was renamed RICHARD WILLIAMS and seven years later was sold to John Hall Dean of Pebble Island, who used her a farm support vessel, carrying mail and supplies to Pebble Island and wool bales out to Stanley. On 3rd November 1911, a severe storm hit Pebble Island and the RICHARD WILLIAMS was driven onshore, where she was declared a total wreck.
The ALLEN GARDINER arrived in the Falklands on 24th May 1875 and was used as a support vessel for the South American Missionary Society’s Missions on Keppel Island, West Falkland, and in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. She mainly transported Native Indians from South America to the Falklands to be converted to Christianity. In 1884, she was renamed RICHARD WILLIAMS and seven years later was sold to John Hall Dean of Pebble Island, who used her a farm support vessel, carrying mail and supplies to Pebble Island and wool bales out to Stanley. On 3rd November 1911, a severe storm hit Pebble Island and the RICHARD WILLIAMS was driven onshore, where she was declared a total wreck.
