VESTA
VESTA
Years Active: 1889
Vessel Type: Steel Barque
Barque
Nationality: German
Declared a total loss, presumed sunk, after catching fire and being abandoned by her crew near the Falkland Islands during her maiden voyage in 1889.
Main Use:
Cargo
Years Active:
1889
Power:
Sail
Built:
1889
Size:
1,453 Gross, 1,405 Net tons
71.02 x 11.28 x 6.61 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Samuel Peter Austin & Son at Wear Dock, Sunderland, England
Main Use: Cargo
Built: 1889
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Samuel Peter Austin & Son at Wear Dock, Sunderland, England
Size: 1,453 Gross, 1,405 Net tons
Dimensions: 71.02 x 11.28 x 6.61 metres
VESTA, an English-built steel barque caught fire and was abandoned on her maiden voyage, 20 weeks after her launch in Sunderland in 1889. Local press reported: “On Sunday the 17th November, a vessel was seen to the Southward [of Port Stanley] on fire, her captain and crew were picked up by the S.S. SISSIE. The ship came as far as Point Harriet and the wind, being N.W., she drifted away, and at nightfall a light on the horizon was all that could be seen of her.” The next day her captain gave his version to the German Consul: “I Wilhelm Klock, Master of the Barque VESTA of Hamburg, had to leave my vessel, on fire, on the 17th November, near the Falkland Islands, and landed with my crew at Stanley. I request the German Consul to assist me in my duties as Master of a lost vessel.” On 3rd December an auction was held. Two of the VESTA’s boats were sold for £38-17-0d. The German Consulate gave the crew £201-4-9d ‘relief’ money and two days later they left for Montevideo on the FAIR ROSAMOND.
VESTA, an English-built steel barque caught fire and was abandoned on her maiden voyage, 20 weeks after her launch in Sunderland in 1889. Local press reported: “On Sunday the 17th November, a vessel was seen to the Southward [of Port Stanley] on fire, her captain and crew were picked up by the S.S. SISSIE. The ship came as far as Point Harriet and the wind, being N.W., she drifted away, and at nightfall a light on the horizon was all that could be seen of her.” The next day her captain gave his version to the German Consul: “I Wilhelm Klock, Master of the Barque VESTA of Hamburg, had to leave my vessel, on fire, on the 17th November, near the Falkland Islands, and landed with my crew at Stanley. I request the German Consul to assist me in my duties as Master of a lost vessel.” On 3rd December an auction was held. Two of the VESTA’s boats were sold for £38-17-0d. The German Consulate gave the crew £201-4-9d ‘relief’ money and two days later they left for Montevideo on the FAIR ROSAMOND.
