CITY OF AGRA

CITY OF AGRA WAS A THREE MASTED  IRON BARQUE OF 1,034 TONS REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL BEING BUILT IN 1860 BY PILE SPENCE & CO AT WEST HARTLEPOOL

 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL  FOR THEIR NEW ZEALAND RUN

SHE WAS OWNED BY COUPLAND BROTHERS LATER

SOLD TO WILLIAM B McGAVIN OF LONDON

SHE WAS OWNED BY J BLTH & CO OF LIVERPOOL.( LONDON ? ) MANAGED OR PARTLY OWNED WITH WILLIAM McGAVIN ?

IN 1889/90 SHE WAS SOLD TO NORWEGIAN OWNERS WHO OPERATED HER WITHOUT A CHANGE OF NAME MARTIN OLSEN OF PORSGRUND

1899 OWNED BY J A PETTERSEN OF PORSGRUND

1903 PETTERSEN & ULLENAESS OF PORGRUND

COMMANDED BY CAPTAINS YOUNG, E M SLEIGH, WILLIAM ELSWOOD,A LOWARSEN, JENS LYDERSEN, K CONDRUP AND L HAMRE

 IN 1874 SHE LEFT LONDON FOR LYTTLETON ARRIVING ON MAY 28TH AFTER 79 DAYS AT SEA.

 IN 1879 SHE VOYAGED FROM LONDON LEAVING ON MAY 27TH ARRIVING AT AUCKLAND ON 9TH SEPTEMBER. CAPTAIN YOUNG BEING IN COMMAND FOR THIS VOYAGE.

SHE WAS WRECKED IN THICK FOG 1907 ON CAPE SABLE ON A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO BRIDGEWATER NOVA SCOTIA IN BALLAST

CITY OF AGRA

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED 'CITY OF AGRA' ONE THAT HAD BEEN BUILT  IN 1876 BY ALEXANDER HILL & SON FOR SHAW SAVILL.  THE ABOVE VESSEL HAD A LIFE OF 47 YEARS, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT THE TWO VESSELS WERE IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME - CAUTION REQUIRED AND MORE RESEARCH NEEDED.

CITY OF AGRA 

NOT 100% IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE CITY OF AGRA CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVIL & CO

CITY OF AGRA

CITY OF AGRA WAS BUILT IN 1879 BY CHARLES CONNELL & CO SHE WAS A STEAM SHIP OF 3,274 TONS AND WAS OWNED BY  SMITH GEORGE & CO ( CITY LINE )

ON A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO CALCUTTA WAS WRECKED DURING A SEVERE STORM IN ARON BAY 6 MILES EAST OF CAPE VILLANO ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1897 CAPTAIN FAME IN COMMAND

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