Agnes (1853) (original) (raw)

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History
New South Wales
Name Agnes
Owner Henry Hardy
Port of registry Sydney
Builder James Bevan, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Completed 1853
Identification Registration number: 35/1853
Fate Wrecked 13 July 1860
General characteristics
Type Wood carvel cutter
Tonnage 13 GT
Displacement 13 NT
Length 11.97 m
Beam 3.169 m
Draught 1.432 m

The Agnes was a wooden carvel cutter built in 1853 in Sydney Harbour. It was lost at Newcastle Bight, New South Wales, on 13 July 1860, when it was blown ashore in a gale whilst travelling between Newcastle and Sydney.[1] The ship master was Henry Hardy.

  1. ^ "Wrecks of the Brig Phantom, Schooners Margaret and Frederick Griffiths, and Cutter Agnes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XLII, no. 6896. New South Wales, Australia. 14 July 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 19 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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