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== History == |
== History == |
Revision as of 22:30, 25 September 2007
History
During the Crimean war the British government chartered many trading vessels for delivery of military cargoes and equipment for the army which was based in Balaklava.<br\> Barque Agnes Blaikie has left Thames January, 22, 1855 with a cargo consisting of 180 tons of shot and 250 of coke, for the Crimea.
Type of a vessel: trading barque
Origin: the Great Britain
Length: 116 feet. 3/10 inches (35,45 m)
Width: 23 feet. 6/10 inches (7,19 m)
Depth of hold: 16 feet. 8/10 inches (5,12 m)
The tonnage: 381 grt
Launched: October, 1841
Place: Aberdeen
Shipyard: Walter Hood
Rigging: three masts
Port of registry: Aberdeen (1841), Swansea (1849), Bristol (1852 (?), London (1855)
Name of the shipowner: George Thompson Junr., Aberdeen Line (1841), W. Jenkins and Co (1849), John Richardson, John Crow Richardson/Swansea Wales (30.06.1852), Henry Dobson/81 Princess Street Bristol England (05.02.1853), W. Dobbin (1852 (?), Jordison (1855)
Name of the captain: Alex Duthie (1841), Thomas Thomas (1852), Richard Pernam (December 1854 - March 1855), Henry Hamden (March 1855 - May 1855)
Members of crew: 12 (1855) Port of the first purpose(assignment): Santiago de Cuba
Date of ship-wreck: May, 5, 1855
Place of ship-wreck: the Black sea, Crimea, near Balaklava
Circumstances: collision with HMS MEDINA
Final condition of a vessel: full loss
Human losses: no
Saving operations: the crew is rescued by command of HMS MEDINA
Date of opening of the dive-site: September, 18, 2003
Name of pathbreakers: Anatoly Kopnin and Michael Fal'kovsky
Date of identification: September, 13, 2006
Localization of a place(country): Ukraine
Localization of a place(zone): Balaklava
Depth: 84 m
Website about sailing vessel AGNES BLAIKIE (on Russian) on English