Agnes (1904)
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Name: |
Agnes |
Owner: |
Frederick Thomas Heming |
Route: |
Snails Bay, Sydney Harbour to Middle Harbour |
Builder: |
W Holmes North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Completed: |
1904 |
Fate: |
Wrecked 1906/01/27 in Sydney Harbour |
General characteristics |
Type: |
launch |
Tonnage: |
Gross tonnage (GT) of tons |
Displacement: |
Net tonnage (NT) of tons |
Length: |
m |
Beam: |
m |
Draught: |
m |
Installed power: |
Hercules Engine 5 hp (3.7 kW) |
Crew: |
2 |
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
References
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Shipwrecks of the Shoalhaven Region |
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Shipwrecks of the Far South Coast Region |
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Scuttled Vessels of New South Wales |
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