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On this day in history – 10th August 1890: St Mary strikes rocks off Whale Point and is wrecked
The windjammer, St Mary, on her maiden voyage is wrecked on rocks 30 miles from Stanley 133 years ago, just five months after being launched.
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Four more wrecks added to FMHT Wreckmaps
The locations and backstories of four further legendary Falkland Islands ships can now be found in the Wreckmaps section of this website.
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On this day in history – 5th June 1913: ‘Lady Elizabeth condemned’
Listing and leaking, after striking a rock off Volunteer point, the three-masted iron sailing barque, Lady Elizabeth, makes it to Stanley Harbour 110 years ago, ...
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FMHT launches Falklands shipping and wrecks initiative
The Trust is pleased to announce today the start of a major new research and development programme to create a definitive Falkland Islands’ shipping and ...
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The Trust will be adding regularly to our “Become a Wreck Hunter” interactive map. We are going to tell more stories from the 19th Century “golden age of sail”, when routinely, magnificent sailing vessels ended up in the Falklands as hulks. First wrecks on the chart were the Vicar of Bray, Lady Elizabeth, SMS Scharnhorst, Jhelum and Charles Cooper and we have added the Garland, Actaeon and Capricorn. More will follow.
