VICTOR
VICTOR
Years Active: 1858-1867
Vessel Type: 2-masted wooden Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Believed to have been wrecked in unknown circumstances on East Island, Port Fitzroy, East Falkland on or around October 1867.
Main Use:
Coasting
Years Active:
1858-1867
Power:
Sail
Built:
1858
Size:
23.14 Gross and Net tons
13.84 x 4.30 x 1.80 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Main Use: Coasting
Built: 1858
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Stanley, Falkland Islands
Size: 23.14 Gross and Net tons
Dimensions: 13.84 x 4.30 x 1.80 metres
The VICTOR was built for, and owned by, John Phillips of Stanley and spent her entire career as a coastal vessel – collecting penguin eggs, seal skins and oil. In 1860, she helped salvage goods from two wrecks: in February, the fully-rigged American wooden cargo ship, SEA RANGER, which ran ashore in East Falkland, and, in June, the full-rigged Hamburg cargo vessel, HORATIO, which was wrecked at Bull Point, East Falkland. Nothing is known about how the VICTOR came to be wrecked. The time of her loss coincided with a period – 1867 – when no Falkland Islands Company records are available and before any local press existed.
The VICTOR was built for, and owned by, John Phillips of Stanley and spent her entire career as a coastal vessel – collecting penguin eggs, seal skins and oil. In 1860, she helped salvage goods from two wrecks: in February, the fully-rigged American wooden cargo ship, SEA RANGER, which ran ashore in East Falkland, and, in June, the full-rigged Hamburg cargo vessel, HORATIO, which was wrecked at Bull Point, East Falkland. Nothing is known about how the VICTOR came to be wrecked. The time of her loss coincided with a period – 1867 – when no Falkland Islands Company records are available and before any local press existed.
