| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Minnehaha |
| Owner | Richard Hughes and Co, Liverpool |
| Launched | 1857 |
| Fate | Shipwrecked, 18 January 1874 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Barque |
| Tonnage | 845 GRT |
| Length | 158 ft (48 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Minnehaha was a barque built in 1857 and wrecked on 18 January 1874 in the Isles of Scilly.
On 18 January 1874, while travelling from Callao, Peru to Dublin, the 845-ton barque Minnehaha carrying guano was wrecked off Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Her pilot mistook the St Agnes light for the Wolf Rock and thought they were passing between the Isles of Scilly and the Wolf. Shortly after she struck a rock off Peninnis Head ( SV911094 ) and the vessel sunk at once with some of the crew being drowned in their berths. Those on deck climbed into the rigging, and as the tide rose the ship was driven closer to land, and some managed to climb onto the shore over the jibboom. The master, pilot and eight crew drowned. [1]
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The Bishop Rock is a skerry off the British coast in the northern Atlantic Ocean known for its lighthouse. It is in the westernmost part of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago 45 kilometres off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the world's smallest island with a building on it.
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