Agnes

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The Agnes was a two-masted schooner built by the Petty & Postlethwaite shipyard at Ulverston in 1859. She was owned by J.H.Barrow of Ulverston when she was lost on the 12th August 1882. She had been carrying a cargo of gravel from Piel Island, Barrow, to Liverpool when she collided in the Crosby Channel with first the steamer Vera Cruz, and then with the Fleetwood schooner Jane & Ellen. She was under the command of Capt. H.Foulkes, and two of the three crew, and two of three passengers, were drowned.

From the "Maryport Advertiser" newspaper, 18th August 1882 :

" A SCHOONER RUNDOWN - The schooner, Agnes, from Barrow, with gravel, while at anchor on Saturday night between Crosby and Formby Lightships, was run into by the Spanish steamer Vera Cruz, from Liverpool to Havannah, and sunk immediately. The master, his two sons and mate were drowned. "

Sources :

1. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X (citing BoT Wreck Returns).