Name: | MARY AGNES |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1836 |
Completed: | 07/1836 |
Builder: | William Torrance |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 214nrt, 81.3 x 21.8 x 14.4ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
18/07/1836 | John Ridley Jnr, Newcastle |
25/07/1839 | Matthew Popplewell, North Shields |
31/07/1839 | William Humble, North Shields |
27/08/1839 | William Humble & Matthew Popplewell, North Shields |
28/07/1846 | William Burton, North Shields |
28/12/1852 | Abandoned |
Comments: | Some sources say built by Hood & Henderson at Bill Quay |
Capacity of 329 tons of coal | |
25/12/1852: A heavy sea carried away the bulwarks & filled the cabin with water | |
One day out from the Tyne for London with a cargo of coal | |
28/12/1852: Crew abandoned ship into a passing sailing vessel |