Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust

Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Exploring, protecting and sharing the maritime history of the Falkland Islands.

A fantastic two days at the Expedition Cruise Network Conference at the beautiful Glazier’s Hall in London.Huge thanks t...
30/09/2026

A fantastic two days at the Expedition Cruise Network Conference at the beautiful Glazier’s Hall in London.

Huge thanks to Expedition Cruise Network and Hay Events for putting together such a fantastic event. Our COO Elena and Mensun Bound had the privilege of presenting to an amazing crowd of specialist travel agents, expedition cruise operators and industry experts.

Not only that, we got to display our latest 3D print of Endurance and a new pop-up display!

Thanks to our designer Mark and our model makers LUMA innovation & development. Thanks to KGK Genix for creating and contributing to our environmentally friendly cardboard pop-up and Falkland Islands Tourist Board for their generous support.

If you haven’t considered an expedition cruise, you really should!






23/09/2026

The crate has arrived…and we can finally show you what’s inside.

Meet the latest 3D model of the wreck of Endurance, created from the survey data captured during the expedition.

This is our first print since the groundbreaking prototype we produced last year. This new model is a slightly smaller 1:37 scale, but it is more detailed thanks to the way it’s been printed in a few sections.

It took nearly 400 hours to print.

We’re looking forward to getting it out of the crate and into the world.

It’s first showing will be at the Expedition Cruise Network Conference at Glazier’s Hall in London next week, 29th to 30th of September, where the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust will be sharing the story of Endurance, exploration, technology, and the work we do to bring stories from the deep to the surface.

A big thank you to the Falkland Islands Tourist Board for helping to support this project! Falkland Islands Expedition Cruise Network LUMA innovation & development








Looking forward to seeing some of you there! 👀

FMHT will be at the Expedition Cruise Network Conference 2026 in London next week!Our COO Elena Lewendon and trustee Men...
21/09/2026

FMHT will be at the Expedition Cruise Network Conference 2026 in London next week!

Our COO Elena Lewendon and trustee Mensun Bound will both be speaking at the conference at Glaziers Hall on 29–30 September.

With perspectives spanning maritime heritage, deep water archaeology, polar exploration, education and public engagement, it’s a great opportunity to share ideas and connect with the expedition cruise community.

We’re looking forward to being part of it!






“What a wonderful world down below, especially when you knew you were the first down amongst the sea life and wrecks.”Fo...
18/09/2026

“What a wonderful world down below, especially when you knew you were the first down amongst the sea life and wrecks.”

For more than five decades, David Eynon has explored the waters around the Falkland Islands, locating, exploring and documenting historic shipwrecks.

From homemade wetsuits and early diving expeditions to finding wrecks that no one had explored before, David’s story is one of adventure, curiosity and a lifelong fascination with what lies beneath the surface.

We sat down with David to hear about his diving, the wrecks he has discovered, the people who inspired him and what makes diving in Falkland waters so special.

Read the full interview here: www.fmht.co.uk/news/beneath-falkland-island-waters-an-interview-with-david-eynon/

All photos courtesy of David Eynon.






17/09/2026

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⛵ FENNIABuilt in 1902, the Finnish four masted steel barque Fennia spent her final years in the Falkland Islands, but he...
14/09/2026

⛵ FENNIA

Built in 1902, the Finnish four masted steel barque Fennia spent her final years in the Falkland Islands, but her story began far from Stanley.

In February 1927, Fennia left Cardiff bound for Valparaiso with a cargo of fuel. Before reaching Cape Horn, she was caught in a violent storm and lost most of her masts.

Her crew managed to keep her afloat, and a passing steamship towed her to Stanley, where she was condemned as unseaworthy.

Fennia was then bought by the Falklands Islands Company and spent the next 40 years as a storage hulk in the Falklands.

In 1967 she was sold to a museum in San Francisco and left Stanley under tow, but the project to save her ran out of funds after she reached Montevideo. Fennia was eventually broken up in Uruguay in 1977.

Today, a model of Fennia can be seen at the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust in Stanley.






that this beautiful piece of timber is part of the bow of the Charles Cooper, a 977-ton American full-rigged ship buil...
07/09/2026

that this beautiful piece of timber is part of the bow of the Charles Cooper, a 977-ton American full-rigged ship built in Connecticut in 1856?

The Charles Cooper arrived at Stanley in 1866 in a leaky condition and was condemned. Rather than disappearing from the story altogether, she found a new life as a floating storage hulk before being beached at the West Jetty in the late 19th century.

She remained there for decades, gradually giving way to worm and weather. Today, very little survives.

These fragments are a reminder that the Falklands’ maritime heritage isn't only found in museums, sometimes it is preserved in timber, iron and the traces left behind by ships that shaped Stanley’s waterfront.

📍 Stanley, Falkland Islands








Pictures 2026

📚 Can you help us find a copy?FMHT is looking for a copy of the 1981 and 1982 Admiralty Tide Tables, Volume 2 – Stanley,...
04/09/2026

📚 Can you help us find a copy?

FMHT is looking for a copy of the 1981 and 1982 Admiralty Tide Tables, Volume 2 – Stanley, Falkland Islands.

We’re particularly interested in hearing from anyone in the Falklands community who may have an old copy tucked away at home, in an office, boat, workshop or archive - or who knows where one might be found.

If you have a copy of either volume, or know someone who might, please send us a message or email us at [email protected]

Even if you’re not sure whether what you have is the right thing, we’d be very grateful to hear from you.

Thank you for helping us piece together the historical record.







📷 HMS Fearless. The photograph is currently without a clear credit; our thanks to the photographer and we would be very pleased to add the correct attribution if anyone can identify the source.

04/09/2026

Take a look at what remains of Philomel, a small vessel that served the Falkland Islands for almost 20 years before being lost to fire in 1971.

Today, her remains at Fairy Cove are part of the Islands’ maritime heritage and a marine habitat.

Drone footage by Mark Spicer.



Come exploring with us.We’re discovering shipwrecks, uncovering maritime stories and using the ocean to inspire the next...
01/09/2026

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