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New South Wales
Name	Agnes
Owner	Alex Kethel
Port of registry	Newcastle, New South Wales
Builder	Edward Davis Brisbane Water, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Completed	1875
Identification	Registration number: 5/1881 Official number: 73315
Fate	Wrecked 12 March 1890
General characteristics
Type	Wood carvel schooner
Tonnage	80 GRT
Displacement	80 NRT
Length	23.62  m
Beam	6.156  m
Draught	1.981  m
Crew	6

The Agnes was a wooden carvel schooner built in 1875 at Brisbane Water. On 12 March 1890, whilst in ballast between Sydney and Tweed River, she lost her sails in a gale 6 miles (9.7 km) and was wrecked north of Brunswick River heads. There were eight deaths.

References

1. ^ "Wreck of the Agnes: A Last Message". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 14 March 1890. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
2. ^ "Shipping Disaster in the North: Loss of the Schooner Agnes". The Daily Telegraph. 13 March 1890. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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