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Agnes | Official Number
27766 |
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 early morning of Sunday, 13th
August 1882. She had been carrying
a cargo of gravel from Piel Island, Barrow, to Alexandra Dock,
Liverpool. She was anchored between the Formby and Crosby Lightships in
the Crosby Channel when she was run into by the steamer Vera Cruz at night. The Agnes was under the
command of Capt.William Seward, who had his three sons aboard, and two seamen from Ulverston.
The Maryport Advertiser, 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. "
John Seward, the elder son, aged 16, and a crewman, Foulkes, of
similar age, were picked up by a river gig. Foulkes later swam to
another anchored schooner, the Jane & Ellen, of Fleetwood, to warn them of the proximity of the steamer. The younger Seward brothers were aged 6 and 9 years.
Another Agnes was built by Petty & Postlethwaite at Ulverston in 1844, and was lost on Grasholm Island in 1852.
| Name | Year Built | Gross Tons | Length (feet) | Breadth (feet) | Depth (feet) | Masts | Figurehead | Stern | Lloyd's Classn. |
| Agnes | 1859 | 80 | 2 |
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