Agnes (1875)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Agnes |
| Owner: | Alex Kethel (Sydney, timber merchant) |
| Port of registry: | Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Ship registration number: | 5/1881 |
| Ship official number: | 73315 |
| Builder: | Edward Davis Brisbane Water, Gosford, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed: | 1875 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood carvel Schooner |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 80 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 80 tons |
| Length: | 23.62 m |
| Beam: | 6.156 m |
| Draught: | 1.981 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | 0 |
| Crew: | 8 |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1890/03/12 |
| Where lost: | Brunswick River Heads, 6 mls north |
| Reason for loss: | Gale, lost sails |
| Cargo: | Ballast |
| Travelling from: | Sydney |
| Travelling to: | Tweed River (New South Wales) |
| Master: | Patrick Power |
| Deaths: | 8 |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | No |
| Position: | 28°27′S 153°34′E / 28.45°S 153.56°ECoordinates: 28°27′S 153°34′E / 28.45°S 153.56°E |
Agnes (1875)
The Agnes was a wooden carvel Schooner built in 1875 at Brisbane Water, that was wrecked when it lost its sails in a gale, whilst carrying Ballast between Sydney and Tweed River (New South Wales) and was lost 6 miles north of Brunswick River heads, New South Wales on the 12 March 1890
Further reading
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [2]
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [3]
Other Online sources
Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 [4]
Books
- Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3.
- Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 910.4530994 BAT
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON
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