Passages and Passengers

 

Introduction

The Falkland Islands Company Limited purchased their first vessel in 1852 as part of their Royal Charter to provide a regular postal service.  The Amelia, a 150 ton brigantine under Captain Bracey Robson WILSON, arrived in Stanley 1 July 1852 nine days out from Montevideo with general cargo and 19 passengers.  The Falkland Islands Company owned a number of vessels over the subsequent years and continued to carry passengers, mainly between Stanley and Montevideo and Stanley and Punta Arenas.  They also provided a mail, freight and passenger service around the Falkland Islands.  Some of the passenger books and lists have survived and scans of the earliest are below.

 

pdfPassages Book - 29 January 1938 to 12 February 1949 - FIC-IP01.pdf21.64 MB

 

pdfPassenger Lists - 10 May 1931 to 25 November 1955 - FIC-IP04.pdf7.94 MB

pdfPassenger Lists - 8 January 1938 to 18 May 1940 - FIC-IP07.pdf6.72 MB

 

 

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