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AGRA

AGRA WAS A VESSEL OF 821 TONS BUILT IN LIVERPOOL IN 1858

SHAW SAVILLE & CO CHARTERED HER IN 1873

SHE SAILED FROM GRAVESEND ON 18TH JANAURY 1872 ( VIA DEAL ON THE 23RD JANUARY 1872 ) ARRIVING IN LYTLLETON ON MAY 7TH 1873

HER MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN HOLDICH.

SHE CARRIED ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN PASSENGERS AS WELL AS THE CARGO

SHE LEFT LONDON ON MARCH 9TH 1874 ARRIVING LYTTELTON ON MAY 27TH 1874 ( SHE MUST HAVE GONE ONTO ROCKHAMPTON AFTER LYTTLETON OR IT WAS A DIFFERENT VESSEL )

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 17TH MARCH 1874 AND ARRIVED IN ROCKHAMPTON ON 11TH JULY 1874 WITH CAPTAIN C S JOHNSON IN COMMAND THE SHIPS SURGEON WAS DR R BRENNAN 

AGRA

AGRA WAS A VESSEL OF 665 TONS BUILT IN SUNDERLAND AND  OWNED BY LIDGETT & SONS OF LONDON.

SHE SAILED FROM GRAVESEND ON 17TH NOVEMBER 1851  VIA PLYMOUTH  ON 28TH NOVEMBER 1851 ARRIVING AT WELLINGTON ( PORT NICHOLSON )  ON MARCH 1ST 1852 AND ARRIVED IN LYTTLETON ON MARCH 19TH.SHE THEN SAILED FOR PORT CHALMBERS ARRIVING ON THE 4TH MAY 1852.

CAPTAIN McLEAN BEING IN COMMAND. THE SHIPS SURGEON WAS H J PHILIPS

AGRA LEFT SOUTHAMPTON ON 25TH AUGUST AND ARRIVED IN GEELOG ON 3RD DECEMBER 1854 

SHE SAILED ON 28TH JULY BOUND FOR  PORT CHALMERS ARRIVING 24TH OCTOBER 1858 SHE CARRIED 90 P[ASSENGERS.

CAPTAIN BOYLE WAS IN COMMAND

I AM NOT SURE IF THIS VESSEL WAS EVER CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO

*CAUTION NEEDED WHEN RESEARCHING THESE TWO VESSELS AS I THINK THEY COULD HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AT THE SAME PERIOD IN TIME*

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