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Agnes Irving

Coordinates: 30°48′23″S 153°00′18″E / 30.806350°S 153.005007°E / -30.806350; 153.005007
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History
New South Wales
NameAgnes Irving
OwnerClarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company
Port of registrySydney
BuilderCharles Lungley Kent, Deptford Green, United Kingdom
Completed1862
Identification
  • Registration number: 59/1862
  • Official number: 43237
FateWrecked 28 December 1879
General characteristics
TypeIron paddle steamer
Tonnage431 GRT
Displacement333 NRT
Length62.02  m
Beam7.467  m
Draught3.566  m
Installed powerOscillating steam engine

The Agnes Irving was an iron paddle steamer built in 1862 at Charles Lungley's Dockyard, Deptford Green on the River Thames, London.[1] It was wrecked on 28 December 1879, when it entered the Macleay River on ebb tide whilst carrying general cargo from Sydney, and was lost off the South Spit of the old entrance of Trial Bay, New South Wales.

References

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  1. ^ Lungley - Deptford shipwright, Greenwich Industrial History, 15 December 2009

30°48′23″S 153°00′18″E / 30.806350°S 153.005007°E / -30.806350; 153.005007