Wager Island (Spanish: Isla Wager) is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén Region, Chile.

2023年4月16日 · Marooned on Wager Island, the castaways split into factions, including a group intent on overthrowing their captain: an act punishable by death. It was a classic mutiny.

The Wager Mutiny took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile. Wager was part of a naval squadron bound to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific.

2024年3月9日 · In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager wrecked upon an island off the coast of Chile, leading the crew to descend into mutiny, murder, and even cannibalism.

2006年3月3日 · In May 1741, the 28-gun HMS Wager struck rocks not far from a remote island in Chilean Patagonia, now named Isla Wager. The Scientific Exploration Society is currently organising a programme of investigation of the wreck site and its environs; details to follow.

2023年4月18日 · In the mid-18th century, a squadron of British warships made the journey through the passage in the worst weather imaginable, suffering terrible damage to their ships. One man-of-war called the...

2023年4月19日 · And they named their new home after their old one: Wager Island. After only a few weeks, most of their beach had been picked clean of shellfish, and the wreck was offering fewer and fewer...

2023年7月14日 · The British Admiralty purchased the HMS Wager, a 30-gun trading ship, to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific. The result was one of the most catastrophic mutiny attempts in naval history. The shipwreck and mutiny was followed by a court martial.

2024年2月17日 · Inhabiting the Patagonian archipelago for thousands of years, the Kawésqar people marvel the Wager’s crew with how they keep warm in constant near-freezing conditions, lathering their exposed skin with animal fat and tending small fires in their canoes.

2021年4月8日 · One of the squadron, HMS Wager, was driven by vicious hurricane-force winds onto an uninhabited island, now called Wager Island, off a desolate coast. Many of the sick were drowned at this point, but about 140 men struggled ashore, to find practically nothing to …