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Lady Elizabeth is a wrecked iron barque of 1,155 tons built by Robert Thompson Jr. of Southwick, Sunderland and launched on 4 June 1879. Robert Thompson Jr. was one of the sons of Robert Thompson Sr. who owned and operated the family ran shipyard J. L. Thompson & Sons.
Nov 20, 2015 · Discover The Shipwreck of Lady Elizabeth in Falkland Islands: This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Lying at the east end of Stanley Harbour is Stanley's most imposing and iconic shipwreck. Known as Lady Liz, the ship was launched ain Sunderland in the UK in 1879 and suffered damage whilst rounding Cape Horn in 1913.
Lady Elizabeth (1879-1913) The wreck of what’s left of the Lady Elizabeth lies in Whalebone Cove, battered by the elements and vandalised. She has been there since the 17th February, 1936, having drifted into the cove after breaking from her mooring during a storm.
The Lady Elizabeth was a three masted barque built in Sunderland 1879, her hulk now lies in Whalebone Cove. In 1913 the ship was battered by gales South of Cape Horn and eventually limped into Stanley harbour where she struck the Uranae Rock causing her hull to be holed and her keel to be badly damaged.
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Lady Elizabeth was owned by shipping merchant John Wilson and made her primary shipping runs between Fremantle, Western Australia and London. Sometimes Lady Elizabeth would make other runs to Chinese ports in the Asian Indian region to deliver timber.
Lady Elizabeth is the name of two ships: Lady Elizabeth (1869), an iron and timber barque wrecked off Rottnest Island in 1878. Lady Elizabeth (1879), an iron barque which was damaged off Cape Horn in 1913 and sunk at the Falkland Islands in 1936.
