Aldridges Feltons Smiths and Shorts 175 years old in Falklands and still going strong

By Gavin Short, Elected Member of the Falklands Legislative Assembly (*)

On Saturday the 13th of October 1849 the 578-ton barque Victory, under the command of Captain Mullens, out of London, England, sailed up Port William. The vessel which was built by Fenwick & Co, Sunderland in 1847 was owned Willis, Gunn and Co (the company advertised as H H Willis and Co) and later owned by Wilson and Cook.