Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Tonnage 349 tons. Captain Beck. Left Stonington on 27 December 1837, arrived home on 13 October 1839 with 1,200 barrels sea-elephant oil and 2,400 barrels whale oil.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.
Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging schooner. Left Stonington in December 1837, arrived home on 1 September 1838 with a full load of sea-elephant oil and whale oil.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.
Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Tonnage 349 tons. Captain Beck. Left Stonington in October 1836, arrived home on 13 November 1837 with 1,400 barrels sea-elephant oil and 1,300 barrels whale-oil. Had as tenders the schooners La Grange and Bolton.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.
Antarctic sealing ground ? Rigging ship. Tonnage 268 tons. Captain Carew. Left Stonington on 15 October 1836 for sealing but was burned at the Falkland Islands in 1837.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.
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Homeport EIKX. Owner in 1939 South Georgia Co. Ltd., managers Chr. Salvesen&Co. Homeport Dublin, United Kingdom-flagged. Launched by Workman Clark&Co., Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Royal Mail Steamship Co. Ltd at Belfast with yard number 324 on 30 September 1913, during the First World War troop transport, sold to Christian Salvesen Company and converted into a whale factory ship active in the Falklands, hit a magnetic mine and sunk in the Firth of Scotland on 27 July 1940. Gross tonnage 11,938 tons, under deck 10,769 tons, net tonnage 8,597 and as dimensions 500.3 x 62.4 x 34.6 feet.
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands 22 January 2025 coming from Hobart, Tasmania
Gran Canary-registered, call sign ECJF and Board No. 3GC-1-2-05, MMSI 224623000 and IMO 9361603. Laid down by Astilleros Armon, Navia, Spain with yard number 628 on 18 May 2005, launched on 25 July 2005 and completed on 28 October 2005. Owner Georgia Pesquerias, SL, Celeiro (Lugo), Spain.
Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging schooner. Captain Trott. Left New London in 1833, arrived home coming from the Falkland Islands on 27 September 1833 with 1,000 fur-seal skins and some oil.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. (1978).
Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Captain Pendleton. Left New York, USA on 9 January 1833, returned on 9 October 1834 with 1,150 fur-seal skins further whale oil and bone.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. (1978).
Antarctic sealing ground ? Rigging schooner. Captain Bray. Left Bristol, Rhode Insland, USA for a sealing voyage in 1831. Bray left earlier Newburyport prior to 1830 with a schooner to the Falkland islands and the vicinity of Cape Horn. Sent around 3,000 fur-seal skins back home but lost his ship on Terra del Fuego [Argentina]. Crew members caught on various seal island between 1,000-1,500 fur-seal skins. Using what was left of his ship Brown built a vessel to bring his men back home. Caught with the Telegrah in 1833 around 3,500 fur-seal and in 1833 around 2,000 fur-seal skins. Departed again lossing his ship on Hope Island, south west of Terra del Fuego in January 1834.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. (1978).
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HMS Cumberland. Drawing by G.J.F. Naerebout in Van Zee tot Zee
An item reported that the British cruiser HMS Ajax (1) stopped on 5 December 1939 south east of Cape Corrientes the 7,834 tons German cargo ship ss Ussukuma (2). Loaded with wool left she on 4 December Montevideo, Uruguay on 4 December. Despite that her crew opened the sea cocks keep she floating until early on 6 December. The Ajax took over her crew numbering 23 officers and 84 sailors later tranferred to the British heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland (3) and transported to the Falkland Isles. There were already 140 German prisoners waiting for a new destination.(4)
Notes
1. Pennant 22. Part of Leander-class light cruisers preceded by Emerald-class succeeded by Arethusa-class, laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 7 February 1933, launched on 1 March 1934, commissioned on 3 June 1935, last time decommissioned in February 1948 and broken up in 1949.
2. Passenger ship. Launched by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 20 December 1920, completed on 8 July 1921, taken over by the Abwehr after the outbreak of the Second World War on 1 September 1939. Owner Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie.
3. Pennant 57. Part of County-class Kent-sub-class preceded by Hawkins-class succeeded by York-class. Laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness-England on 18 October 1924, launched on 16 March 1926, commissioned on 23 February 1928, part of reserve 1946-1951, converted into a gunnery trials ship and sold to be broken up arriving at Newport on 3 November 1958.
4. In 1940 transported to Camp Baviaanspoort near Pretoria, South Africa.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-1 Weekly Résumé (No. 14) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon 30 November to 12 noon 7 December 1939.
An item reported that sea elephant oil or a mix of sea elephant seal oil furnished a large part of the oil traded on the American markest during the past 80 years. Until 1803 was the oil shipped by whalers from Nantucket active in the extreme South Atlantic and by fur sealers active off Falkland, South Georgia and the coast of Patagonia. Around 1820 the Patagonian coast was exchanged for the South Shetland Islands for the next 17 years. It was a typical New London industry with ships fitted out at New London, Stonington and Mystic.
Source
George M. Bowers. U.S. Commision of fish and fisheries. Part XXVIII. Report of the commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. Washington, 1904.
An item reported that sea elephant oil or a mix of sea elephant seal oil furnished a large part of the oil traded on the American markest during the past 80 years. Until 1803 was the oil shipped by whalers from whalers from active in the extreme South Atlantic and by fur sealers active off Falkland, South Georgia and the coast of Patagonia. In 1803 was an ship especially fitted out at New Bedford for sea elephant hunting off the Patagonian coast returning in 1804 fully loaded. Until 1820 was she followed by a large numbers of ships especially fitted out at New London sent towards this destination for this purpose.
Source
George M. Bowers. U.S. Commision of fish and fisheries. Part XXVIII. Report of the commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. Washington, 1904.
Part of the South Shetland Islands. Since 1904 was South Georgia an whaling industry active and since 1906 was the whaler Gobernador Bories stationed in Whalers Bay. The ship was property of the Norwegian-Chilean whaling company Sociedad Ballenera de Magallanes. Two years later declared the British Government that Deception Island was part of te Falkland Islands Dependencies. In 1912 was by the Norwegian company Hvalfangerselskabet Hektor A/S Hektor Station founded. I 1931 ended the Hektor factory her activities. The remains are still visible.
Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, January 2025
Launched as a barque with yard number 98 by Robert Thompson Jr., Southwick, Sunderland, England on 6 June 1879, homeport London, since 1886 Castletown, Isle of Man and since 1906 Tvedestrand, Norway (owner Skibasaktiegeselskabet, Sundet, Boroen), departed Vancouver, Canada on 4 December 1912 destined for Delagoa Bay, [Portuguese] Mozambique, damaged off Cape Horn and afterwards striking Uraine Rock arrived she at Port Stanley, Falkland Island, there condemned and in June 1913 converted into a coal hulk, new owner Crown Receiver of Wrecks, drifted away to Whalebone Cove on 17 February 1936
Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, January 2025
Launched by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom on 25 August 1969, completed in March 1970, operated by the Cunard Line, requisitioned during the Falklands War for carring supplies for the Royal Navy Task Force, heavily damaged in an Argentine air attack on 25 May 1982 and sunk under tow on 28 May. IMO 69269036.
Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, January 2025
Earlier United Kingdom-flagged, IMO 9361603, MMSI 224623000 and call sign ZDLS2. Owner Pesquerias Georgia, Viveiro, Spain, manager Pesquera Canaria 2004, Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Operator Georgia Seafoods, Stanly, Falkland Islands. Spain-flagged, MMSI 224623000 and call sign ECJF. Laid down by Astilleros Armon, Navia, Spain on 18 May 2005, launched on 25 July 2005 and completed on 28 October 2005.
Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, January 2025
Naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. Development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. Totall9 98 built, introduced on 20 August 1978 serving in the British Royal Navy (until March 2006) and in the Indian Navy (until 6 March 2016). Sea Harriers were active in the Falklands War based on the HMS Invincible and Hermes.
Greenock 30-0-2017
United Kingdom-flagged, homeport HMNB Devonport, IMO 7822550, MMSI 233303000 and call sign GDSA. Launched by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda at Marghera, Italy with yard number 293 on 28 November 1980, completed on 31 July 1981, in service of the British Ministry of Defence for service in the Falklands War between May-November 1982, aviation training ship in 1984, acquired on 18 March 1988, commissioned on 1 June 1988
Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany
Built by Deutschen Werft AG, HamburgFinkenwerder, Germany in 1965 for the line East and South-Africa of the Deutsche Afrika Linien GmbH&Co. (DAL) Broken up in 1987 at Gadani Beach, Pakistan where she arrived on 16 September. As Artico Spanish flagged and owned, as Merchant Providence owned by Cenargo Ltd., London England and used as floating warehouse/unloading vessel at East Cove, Falkland Islands. IMO 6511659. As Sagres Saint Vincent&Grenadines-flagged.
D80. Type 42 guided missile destroyer preceded by Type 82 and succeeded by Type 45. Ordered on 14 November 1968, laid down by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd., United Kingdom on 15 January 1970, launched on 10 June 1971, commissioned on 16 Feburary 1975, damaged by an Exocet missile from an Argentine aircraft on 4 May 1982 and sunk on 10 May 1982.
