Agnes Irving (1862)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Agnes Irving |
| Owner: | Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 59/1862 |
| Ship official number: | 43237 |
| Builder: | Charles Lungley Kent, Deptford Green, United Kingdom |
| Completed: | 1862 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Iron paddle steamer |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 431 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 333 tons |
| Length: | 62.02 m |
| Beam: | 7.467 m |
| Draught: | 3.566 m |
| Installed power: | Oscillating Steam Engine |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | Unknown |
| Crew: | Unknown |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1879/12/28 |
| Where lost: | Trial Bay, Macleay R, off Sth Spit, old entrance |
| Reason for loss: | Entered on ebb tide |
| Cargo: | General |
| Travelling from: | Sydney |
| Travelling to: | Macleay River |
| Master: | Captain Magee |
| Deaths: | 0 |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | Yes |
| Position: | 30°52′S 153°02′E / 30.87°S 153.03°ECoordinates: 30°52′S 153°02′E / 30.87°S 153.03°E |
Agnes Irving (1862)
The Agnes Irving was an Iron paddle Steamer built in 1862 at Charles Lungley's Dockyard,[1] Deptford Green on the River Thames, London, that was wrecked when it entered the Macleay River on ebb tide whilst carrying general cargo between Sydney and theMacleay River and was lost off the South Spit of the old entrance of the Macleay River Trial Bay, New South Wales on the 28 December 1879
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
References
- ↑ Greenwich Industrial History, Lungley - Deptford shipwright, 15 December 2009
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