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Name: AGNES LOUISA launched as GRAPESHOT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/01/1864
Completed: 1864
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 148
Dimensions: 578grt, 434nrt, 243.8 x 25.0 x 12.6ft
Engines: Steam, 240hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 49871
History:
30/05/1864 Alfred Wilson, Liverpool
04/1868 JC Rahming, Nassau, New Providence
No later history known
Comments: Built as a blockade runner for the American Civil War
By 10/1864: Wrecked off Nassau, New Providence
04/1865: Wreck purchased at an Admiralty sale


Liverpool Daily Post, Friday, 24/06/1864

Liverpool Daily Post, Tuesday, 18/10/1864

Liverpool Mercury, Saturday, 03/12/1864

Morning Advertiser, Saturday, 13/05/1865