Shipping

The Islands were the first safe haven for battered vessels trying to round Cape Horn the Islands presented their own dangers with rocky coasts, hidden reefs, thick kelp and rough seas. With more than 300 wrecks estimated to be around Falkland Islands shores, over 100 of which have been recorded.

Casualties and Wrecks

Research, government files and photographs of local and visiting vessels.

Government files relating to the construction and condition of jetties and slipways which were a necessary part of the shipping process and transport of goods and people.

Jetties and Slipways

The development and history of the construction, management and maintenance of Lighthouses (incl. Cape Pembroke), Beacons and Navigation Aids.

Lighthouses, Beacons & Navigational Aids

Shipping Registers which started on the arrival of Lieutenant Governor Moody on board the Hebe 15 January 1842.

Internally created JCNA database covering the period May 1889 to December, with information taken from local periodicals.

Government files containing information on local and visiting vessels, including schooners, ketches, and cutters. These have been arranged in alphabetical order by vessel name.

Vessels- Government Files, Log Books & Crew Agreements