AGNES

Location

Port Phillip, Williamstown, back of the Rifle Range

VHR Number

Date lost

14 Dec 1933

Year of construction

1894

Official number

101772

Statement of Significance

This vessel is historically significant for its involvement in a range of maritime industries throughout its working life, Port Phillip Tug, inter-colonial coastal trader and fisheries.

Physical Description

Construction Material Wood

Rig Ketch

Hull Details 1 deck, elliptical stern, carvel built, straight stem head. 1 Main deck projected 22 inches on either side of hull.

Propulsion Sail

Number of Masts 2

Length / Breadth / Depth 92.0 Feet / 14.0 Feet / 5.0 Feet

History

Builder Frederick Moore of Launceston UID: 102

Built Date 1894

Built Port / Country Launceston, Tasmania UID: 102 / Australia

Registration Number 8 of 1920

Registration Port / Country Melbourne / Australia

Former Details of Registration No. 2 of 1917; No.1 of 1918 ; Engines:1 pair of non-condensing built 1881 Mssrs Plenty & Sons, England No. 1 of 1894 Engine: triple expansion surface condensing BH 1896 by Ross & Duncan, Scotland (Australian Shipping Registration Office Form) Steam plant removed and converted to sail. UID:101

Details
Blown from anchorage after mid-day and drifted on to the reef at the bank of the rifle range at 5.15 pm. Not insured and was a total loss. Built as a passenger steamer (screw steamer) for Tamar River. Originally cost about 3 000 pounds. Had been a 'beer boat', carrying beer from Tasmania to Sydney. Sold to Melbourne interests in 1920, used as a Port Phillip tug. Deckhouse was cut away for towing duties. After a number of owners, Agnes had recently been sold again and had engines and boiler removed. Reportedly engaged in fishing industry or shell grit industry at time of wreck. No one on board when lost.

Voyage Details

Date Lost 14 Dec 1933

Voyage from At anchor UID: 101, 100, 52, 99, 28

Cargo
Tug UID: 101

Owner Sidney Leslie Cooley, licensed victualler, Morrison s Hotel, South Yarra and Thomas A. de Carteret, master mariner, Masonic Club, Melb. WH Dyson, contractor of South Melbourne (UID: 102)

Weather conditions
Southerly gale; 55 mph (UID: 52) Severe storm (UID: 152)

Cause of Loss
Blown from anchorage at mid-day and drifted on to the reef at the back of the rifle range at Williamstown back beach at 5.15. Rapidly broke up (UID: 161)

Further Details

Number of Passengers 0

Number of Crew Members 3

Comments on Crew Members
3 men sighted by locals before ship lost (UID: 9, 152, 99)

Physical Description
Construction Material	Wood
Rig	Ketch
Hull Details	1 deck, elliptical stern, carvel built, straight stem head. 1 Main deck projected 22 inches on either side of hull.
Propulsion	Sail
Number of Masts	2
Length / Breadth / Depth	92.0 Feet / 14.0 Feet / 5.0 Feet

Builder	Frederick Moore of Launceston UID: 102
Built Date	1894
Built Port / Country	Launceston, Tasmania UID: 102 / Australia
Registration Number	8 of 1920
Registration Port / Country	Melbourne / Australia
Former Details of Registration	No. 2 of 1917; No.1 of 1918 ; Engines:1 pair of non-condensing built 1881 Mssrs Plenty & Sons, England No. 1 of 1894 Engine: triple expansion surface condensing BH 1896 by Ross & Duncan, Scotland (Australian Shipping Registration Office Form) Steam plant removed and converted to sail. UID:101
Details	Blown from anchorage after mid-day and drifted on to the reef at the bank of the rifle range at 5.15 pm. Not insured and was a total loss. Built as a passenger steamer (screw steamer) for Tamar River. Originally cost about 3 000 pounds. Had been a 'beer boat', carrying beer from Tasmania to Sydney. Sold to Melbourne interests in 1920, used as a Port Phillip tug. Deckhouse was cut away for towing duties. After a number of owners, Agnes had recently been sold again and had engines and boiler removed. Reportedly engaged in fishing industry or shell grit industry at time of wreck. No one on board when lost.


Date Lost	14 Dec 1933
Voyage	from At anchor UID: 101, 100, 52, 99, 28
Cargo	Tug UID: 101
Owner	Sidney Leslie Cooley, licensed victualler, Morrison s Hotel, South Yarra and Thomas A. de Carteret, master mariner, Masonic Club, Melb. WH Dyson, contractor of South Melbourne (UID: 102)
Weather conditions	Southerly gale; 55 mph (UID: 52) Severe storm (UID: 152)
Cause of Loss	Blown from anchorage at mid-day and drifted on to the reef at the back of the rifle range at Williamstown back beach at 5.15. Rapidly broke up (UID: 161)

Number of Passengers	0
Number of Crew Members	3
Comments on Crew Members	3 men sighted by locals before ship lost (UID: 9, 152, 99)

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