| 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 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 28 December 1879 |
| 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 |
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 the Macleay 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
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
Coordinates: 30°48′23″S 153°00′18″E / 30.806350°S 153.005007°E
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