Agnes (1904)

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Career
Name: Agnes
Owner: Frederick Thomas Heming
Ship registration number:
Ship official number:
Builder: W Holmes North Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Completed: 1904
Status: Wrecked
General characteristics
Type: Launch
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Installed power: Hercules Engine 5 Hp
Ship primary use: Transport
Ship industry:
Ship passenger capacity: 4
Crew: 2
Wreck Event
When lost: 1906/01/27
Where lost: Sydney Harbour
Reason for loss: Collision, 'Manly'
Cargo: Passengers
Travelling from: Snails Bay, Sydney Harbour
Travelling to: Middle Harbour
Deaths: 2
Wreck Location
Discovered: No
Position: 33°51′S 151°14′E / 33.85°S 151.24°E / -33.85; 151.24Coordinates: 33°51′S 151°14′E / 33.85°S 151.24°E / -33.85; 151.24

Agnes (1904)
The Agnes was a Launch built in 1904 at North Sydney, that was wrecked when it had a Collision whilst carrying passengers between Snails Bay Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour and was lost on the 27 January 1906


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 9780646110813.
  • 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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