SANGREAL
SANGREAL
Years Active: 1870-1874
Vessel Type: 3-masted wooden Schooner
Three-Masted Schooner
Nationality: English
Wrecked in an “exposed position” in Ruggles Bay, East Falkland in September 1874 and later sold at auction for £6.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1870-1874
Power:
Sail
Built:
1870
Size:
176.49 Gross, 164 Net tons
30.57 x 6.92 x 3.81 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Phillips at Dartmouth, Devon, England
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1870
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Phillips at Dartmouth, Devon, England
Size: 176.49 Gross, 164 Net tons
Dimensions: 30.57 x 6.92 x 3.81 metres
The three-masted SANGREAL was wrecked on the 4th September 1874,in Ruggles Bay, just off East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. According to local reports, the wreck was in an “exposed position” and it wasn’t thought much, if anything, could be salvaged. however, 1,780 bags, 2,069 half bags and 72 barrels of flour, much of it water damaged, was recovered from the schooner and due to scarcities in Stanley at the time, the haul fetched reasonable prices at public auction. The actual wreck of the SANGREAL was also sold at auction – for £6 – which was a low price due to the vessel’s “exposed situation” and it being “some distance off”. Locals believed more money could have been raised from the salvage but the Lloyd’s Agent in Stanley had only canvassed Schooner Masters in the port and had “declined” to go and work the wreck for a percentage, asking instead, for a daily rate.
The three-masted SANGREAL was wrecked on the 4th September 1874,in Ruggles Bay, just off East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. According to local reports, the wreck was in an “exposed position” and it wasn’t thought much, if anything, could be salvaged. however, 1,780 bags, 2,069 half bags and 72 barrels of flour, much of it water damaged, was recovered from the schooner and due to scarcities in Stanley at the time, the haul fetched reasonable prices at public auction. The actual wreck of the SANGREAL was also sold at auction – for £6 – which was a low price due to the vessel’s “exposed situation” and it being “some distance off”. Locals believed more money could have been raised from the salvage but the Lloyd’s Agent in Stanley had only canvassed Schooner Masters in the port and had “declined” to go and work the wreck for a percentage, asking instead, for a daily rate.
