Actaeon- arrived leaking Stanley 1853, condemned and hulked as pierhead 853 British barque 561 tons

Adeline- wrecked 1863, Easter Island, Nr Fitzroy, cargo of sugar

Admiral Fitzroy- arrived 28 June 1871, 'arrived a perfect wreck'

Afterglow- in service in around Falklands at least till 1945, English steam drifter

Allen Gardiner- wrecked north coast E Falklands 1902, FI owned, 3 masted schooner

Alto- totally wrecked on Jason Cay West Key 12th July 1890, American whaler with 26 crew who were returned to the USA

Aluna- sank in Yorke Bay 1920

Annie Brooks- 1874, wrecked Fox Bay, F.I.C. vessel

HMS Antelope- sunk by Argentine bombs 23 May 1982 during 1982 war, Falkland Sound/ San Carlos Waters,, British type 21 frigate 1 Briton died, now under the Falkland Islands Protection of Wrecks Act

Antionette- wrecked November 1857 on Sea Lion Island, American 535 tons survivors in boats to Stanley

HMS Ardent- sunk by Argentine aircraft 22 May 1982 in Falkland Sound with the loss of 22 lives, type 21 frigate, now under the Falkland Islands Protection of Wrecks Act

Argyllshire- wrecked June 1893 on Carcass Island, British iron barque 708 tons

Armantine- wrecked August 1861 on Cape Frehel, French ship en route Havre to LIma

Avona- wrecked 1869 on Cape Frehel, British iron barque 696 tons

Atlantic Conveyor- destroyed by Argentine bombs 23 May 1982 during 1982 war, 12 British lives lost, now a official war grave, hybrid container and RORO ship - 15,000 tons

Baden Powell- Wrecked Nov 1907 on Elephant Jason, American sealing schooner

Belville- wrecked 1831 Speedwell Island, American schooner

Belleville- wrecked 1936 Eagle Passage while under tow

Bertha- wrecked 1892 near Fitzroy, Norwegian iron barque laden with wood from Central America

Blanche- unable to round 'The Horn' returned to Falklands 1856, beached and broken up near Kidney Is, British barque 344 tons

Belyea C A wrecked 1882 Volunteer Point, British Liverpool barque 825 tons

Capricorn- wrecked Stanley 1881/82, , Welsh, (Swansea) barque 390 tons, condemned

Cassard- wrecked 1806 on Bleaker Island, 1719 ton barque, cargo of wheat from Sydney for Cardiff

Chance- 1851 Sept 17th foundered 125 miles west of Beuchene Islands, the crew reached the Falklands on th 2nd October British 380 tons

Chance- wrecked 1855 on Grand Jason

Chance- wrecked Dunnose Head 1905, local yawl

Charles Cooper- wrecked Stanley 1866, America wood 'packet' ship, 850 tons

Christina- wrecked 1880, after striking rocks near Cape Pembroke, ashore on nearby sandy beach, German barque

City of Amoy- wrecked 1872 on Mengeary Point, bound for San Francisco from Glasgow, general cargo, British iron ship 994 tons

Clarence S Bement- wrecked December 1903,on fire at Staten Island and making for Falklands burnt out and sank off Fox Bay Heads, American iron shiip 1727 tons

City of Philadelphia- wrecked on Billy Rocks near Stanley 1896, American, all hands lost

Concordia- wrecked 1891 at Limpet Creek, E Falklands, German barque

Colonsay- wrecked 1860 Speedwell Island, British 598 tons

Coquimbana- wrecked 1867 Tyssen Patch American barque 484 tons cargo of barley and copper ore

Cosmopolite- arrived Stanley leaking 1866, condemned and hulked, later broken up, British ship 1069 tons

Criccieth Castle- 15 July 1912 sailing ship of 1,877 tons

Courier- wrecked 1854 on Bull Point bound for New York from San Francisco, American 400 tons

HMS Coventry - sunk by Argentine bombs 25 May 1982 during 1982 war, 19 British sailors died, type 42 destroyer, now under the Falkland Islands Protection of Wrecks Act

Craigie Lee- wrecked 1879 25th December, Bull Point. Irish owned iron barque 622 tons

Dennis Brundrit- lost 1892 in Salvador waters, British barque 464 tons, locally owned at time

David Law- wrecked 1880 on Elephant Cays, British iron barque carrying coal for San Francisco

Denmark- sank May 1886 abandoned

Daniel Grant- wrecked August 1845 when she struck a rock near Beuchene Island, American barque

Egeria- arrived damaged and condemned in Stanley 1872, Canadian barque 1066 tons

Estrella- 1902 hauled ashore Seal Cove, local schooner 70 tons

Exe- 1920, lost at Bleaker Island, local yawl

Fair Rosamund- wrecked April 1906 on Lively Island, local schooner 74 tons

Felis- 1889 sank in Cow Bay, local cutter 36 tons

Fennia- damaged and condemned 1927, France,steel four masted barque 3200 tons

Fleetwing- arrived Stanley damaged 1911, condemned, Welsh brig

Flying Cloud- wrecked 1856 American

Fortuna- ran aground near Fox Bay 1906

Foam- wrecked May 1890 on Carcass reef, local schooner 70 tons

Fortunato- went ashore May 1876, Captain lost overboard, broken up, Genoese barge

Galen- brig wrecked near Fox Bay in February 1846

My g-g-grandfather Captain Jonathan Bowers was master of the brig Galen.  In Feb 1846, returning from a 2-yr whaling expedition in the Pacific, the Galen went aground in a snowstorm near Fox Bay, and within a few days broke up.  They salvaged most of the 1800 barrels of whale oil.  They were rescued in July 1846 and taken with the cargo to Rio de Janeiro. Contributed by Bob Lincoln

Garland- wrecked Stanley 1900, towed to Darwin, British iron barque

Genesta- wrecked May 1888 on Port Egmont Cays, local schooner 98 tons

Georgiana Grenfell- June 1871 foundered 60 miles south of Falklands, crew rescued by 'Hercules', British iron barque

Glaucus- wrecked October 1854 on New Island, British brig 240 tons en route to Valpariso from Liverpool

Glenberrie- burned out off New island 1861, British barque 350 tons

Granite- wrecked 1850 on West Point Island, American brig 150 tons

Guvernoren- wrecked 1921 (heavy fog) in Cow Bay Norwegian whaling factory ship -+7000 tons

Glengowan- 1895, on fire and abandoned scuttled at Whalebone Cove in December 1895, British, built of steel in 1895 in Glasgow, 1801 tons on her first voyage from Swansea to San Francisco. Towed to New Island in 1910 as storage for the New Whaling Company.

Great Britain- arrived Stanley May 1886 leaking and unseaworthy, condemned for storage hulk, beached in 1936

Gwendolin- sank 1950's in Stanley harbour, coastal schooner/ yacht

G F Haendal- Nov 1880 on fire in Port William, coal and general cargo for Honolulu, total loss, Bremen barque 987 tons

Hadassah- wrecked 24th October 1896 in Smyley's Channel close to Weddell Island, local schooner

Hattie,L M- July 1918 dragged ashore at Bleaker Island, local schooner previously Nova Scotia sealer

Helen A Miller- June 1859 leaking & unseaworthy so put ashore at San Carlos, American ship 510 tons

Herald- wrecked 12 August 1855 on Bird Island, Captain Jones drowned, British barque 360 tonsen route London to Valpariso

Horatio- wrecked June 1860 on Bull Point, Six men, including the mate lost, Hamburg ship 460 tons, sailing  from Valparaiso to Swansea with copper ore

Indiano- wrecked 1949 on Sea Lion Island, local cutter -+ 8 tons

Ione- wrecked 1891 Tamer Pass, local schooner 67 tons

Isabella- wrecked Speedwell Island February 1813, British merchant vessel 180 tons, enroute home from Australia

ARA Isa De Los Estados- sank by British HMS Alacrity May 11th 1982, north of Swan Island, Falkland Sound, Argentine supply ship 3900 tons, 22 Argentine lives lost, 2 survivors

Jhelum - arrived damaged inStanley 1870, condemned, wood barque 428 tons

John- December 1893, on fire and lost south of Falklands later up on Bull Point, Barque of Sunderland

John R Kelly- May 1899, dragged ashore Port William, American cargo sailing ship 2364 tons

Kilmodan- July 1881 lost on fire south of Falklands, British barque

Kirkhill- wrecked Sept. 1905 on Wolf Rock, British Liverpool iron barque, crew rescued by Fortuna 1432 tons, en route Shields to San Francisco with coke

Lady Dufferin- wrecked February 1882 on Jason West Cay, British barque 1299 tons

Lady Elizabeth- arrived damaged in Stanley 1913, condemned, Sunderland, 1208 tons still can be seen in Whalebone Cove near Stanley

Lafonia- sank March 1945 after colliding with a floating dock, schooner 90 tons

Leon Crespo- January 1882 on fire and ashore in Port William, cargo of coal and pig iron for Tocopillo from Swansea, British 696 tons

Leonora- lost February 1887 on Gibralter Reef, local schooner 54 tons

Leopold- wrecked April 1858 on Jason Islands, only  one survivor, sailing Swansea to Callao, Belgian 1200 tons

Levensides-  January 1852 sank immediately when she struck Billy Rocks, British barque 273 tons loaded with guano

Little Edith- wrecked July 1871 on Lively Islands, British iron ship 596 tons sailing Hamburg to Callao with general cargo

Lotus- wrecked October 1872 on uncharted rock in Tamar Pass, local schooner, one life lost

Lord George Bentinck- Dec 1856, capsized in squall north of the Falklands, 17 men including the mate survived, British ship 528 tons

Luigia-S- wrecked 1885 off Ruggles Island, cargo of marble statues and furniture, Italian barque

L'Uranie- wrecked Berkely Sound, 1820, French corvette

Magellan- wrecked 1830 near Johnson's Harbour, French whaler

Magallanes- sank 1918 in Low Bay, local cutter

Malvern- October 1868 abandoned on fire off Sea Lion Islands the crew escaping in boats, Iron ship 1305 tons

Malvina- June 1875, hauled ashore Mare Harobour, local Stanley cutter 20 tons

Malvinas- wrecked 1910 in Reef Channel, local schooner, auxilliary 77 tons

Maren- 1891 beached on Motley Island after starting to leak off Cape Horn, later to float at high tide and drift out to sea, Danish barque loaded with copra

Margaret- arrived leaking Stanley 1850,condemned, Canadian barque 615 tons

Mary Gray- January 1845 wrecked on Pebble Island, loaded with sugar from Santos for Valparaiso. Peterhead ship 210 tons

Mathilde- 24 October 1870, dilapidiated state

Menai Straits- November 1884 burnt out in Salvador Waters. Iron barque, Caernarvon 679 tons

Messenger- around 1920 hauled ashore at Weddell Island, local yawl then cutter, previously owned by Missionary Society

Moss Trooper- October 1873 burnt off Arch Island, Workington barque 510 tons sailing from Liverpool to San Francisco

Neptune- 1873 April on Kelp Islands, all hands lost, barque of Shields 387 tons

Oravia- wrecked 1912 on Billy Rocks, P.S.N. Co.'s passenger liner 6000 tons, total loss, tug Samson saved over 150 lives

Ortona- 1855 April, burnt out and sank in Port William, American barque 273 tons sailing Rio to Valparaiso

Paloma- 1947 December, lost on Motley Island, local schooner 30 tons

Perseverence- wrecked 1905 Tyssen Patch, Falkland Sound, FIC ketch 35 tons

Perthshire-1885 April, wrecked on Blind Island, British iron barque 596 tons sailing from Portland Oregonto Uk with a cargo of flour and canned salmon

Peru- April 1868 wrecked in Port Albermarle, Italian barque

Pierre Louis- wrecked in 1833, French ship

Plym- steam tug for many years service in the Falklands, until beached late 1930's

P N Blanchard- 1900 lost by fire, American ship 1503 tons going from Baltimore to San Francisco with a cargo of coal

Porvenir- 1948 lost near Lively Island, local schooner

Prince de Conde'- 20 Sept 1871, called for water but parted anchor in Stanley harbour in a gale and went on rocks off the Narrows.

Princess- June 19th 1871, leaking and sank in Port Sussex, British barque 464 tons sailing Cardiff to Calders

Propentis- June 1871, sinking condition. Captn crew and wife of Capt Barnes rescued by Admiral Fitzroy

Ready-  1880 wrecked in Fox Bay, topsail schooner, originally built for the South American Missionary Society and sold locally

Result- wrecked Port Harriet 1897, FIC schooner

River Derwent- 1867 August wrecked on New Island, Liverpool ship 504 tons

Robert Fulton- August 1849 wrecked on Lively Island, American 500 tons

Rotomahana- August 1884 wrecked on fire on Elephant Cays, British iron ship 1580 tons sailing from Liverpool to Wilminton with coal and salt

Rover of the Seas- sank Dec 1885 south of Port Stanley, composite barque Sunderland 417 tons

Russell- 1859 struck Billy Rock and sank in Berkely Sound, American clipper ship

Richard Williams- 1911 dragged ashore at Pebble Island, local yawl ex Mission vessel 'Allen Gardiner'

Sabino- 1891 arrived leaking and unseaworthy, condemned. Used for hulk at New Island Whaling station

Samson-  steam tug in service around Stanley, 1900- 1945 beached after a great gale

Sangreal- 1874 September wrecked in Ruggles Bay, three masted schooner of Dartmouth 164 tons

La Santiago- wrecked May 1866 on George Island, cargo of nitrate for Marseilles, Argentine 266 tons

Sea Ranger- 1860 beached leaking in Low Bay, American clipper sailing from Liverpool to San Francisco

Sixtus- 1905 wrecked in Cow Bay, Danish iron barque 1707 tons sailing from Barry to Valparaiso with coke

Shamrock- wrecked 1940 in Berkeley Sound, previously the 'Cissie', local schooner 30 tons

Sidney Davies- Sept 1886 wrecked after striking Billy Rock when being towed out of Stanley after repairs, British iron ship 1309 tons en route Liverpool to San Francisco

Sir Galahad- sank by Argentine aircraft June 8 1982, Bluff Cove, 48 British lives lost mainly Welsh guards, later the hulk was towed out to sea and now is an official war grave,

Smith J P - arrived Stanley 1886 unseaworthy and leaking. British, Liverpool barque

Snowsquall- wrecked Stanley 1864, American clipper

SS Great Britain- wrecked Stanley 1886, British, first- iron hulled, screw driven ocean liner

St.Mary-wrecked 1890 off Pinnacle Rock, E Falklands

Star of Brunswick- May 1882 wrecked near Bull Point, five men drowned, British ship 1636 tons

Star of Scotia- wrecked on Bull Point 1887, British barque 999 tons built in Belfast

Thetis- left Stanley 27 July 1901 for Salvador, disappeared without trace with all crew

Thistle-1930 sank under tow close to Motley Island, local cutter

Uranie- wrecked 1820, Struck rocks off Volunteer Point, beached and wrecked head of Berkeley Sound French corvette

Vampyr- wrecked 1870 in Low Bay, Prussian schooner, 216 tons

Venture- 1843 condemned unseaworthy at Port Louis, broken up

Vesta- wrecked 1889 off Cape Pembroke after catching fire, German barque 489 tons

Vicar of Bray arrived unseaworthy 1870 condemned and repaired for local use. From 1890 became a hulk for Goose Green pierhead.

Viscount- wrecked 1892 Sea Lion Island, British, 1271 tons

Waldron- December 1850, abandoned between Carcass & New Island with cargo of coal on fire, American

Weddell- 1939 sank while being towed to Weddell, beached Dyke Island local cutter 25 tons

Wavertree- 1910 demasted at Cape Horn and towed to Stanley

William Shand- wrecked Stanley 1859 British barque, 2100 tons

Viscount- wrecked Sea Lion island 1892

Yarra Yarra- Staats Bluff, 1885, all hands lost

Sources include: Colonial Reports. Condemned at Stanley- John Smith 1969 Wikipedia website,www.boatregister, The Falkland Islands Journal, The Falkland Islands- Ian J Strange, Jane Cameron nationalarchives.gov.fk/shipping casualties wrecks

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