Shipwrecks
Stanley Harbour has experienced a number of shipwrecks. The remains of the following can still be seen -
- Lady Elizabeth - at the east end, near the Canache, a three masted freighter, which sank in 1913, after hitting a reef and limping into harbour.
- Jhelum - an East Indiaman, which sank in 1871, and was abandoned by its crew.
- Charles Cooper - An American packet, sank in 1866, used now as storage space, by the Falkland Islands Company.
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