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WAITANGI / AGDA

WAITANGI WAS BUILT IN 1874 SHE WAS A IRON HULL SAILING SHIP OF 1,128 / 1,161 TONS BUILT BY JOHN BLUMER & CO OF SUNDERLAND  SHE WAS OWNED BY THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO OF LONDON

SHE DID NINE VOYAGES FOR SHAW SAVILL & CO  DOWN TO AUCKLAND AND LYTTLETON TWO TO WELLINGTON FIVE TO DUNEDIN AND ONE DOWN TO BLUFF.

 SHE WAS EVENTUALLY SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY IN 1899 WHO RE-NAMED HER "AGDA"

IN 1899 SHE WAS SOLD TO J WAGLE BUT MANAGED BY J KLOCKER OF ARENDAL


IN 1909 SHE WAS MANAGED BY GREFSTAD & HERLOFSON OF ARENDAL


IN 1911 SHE WAS MANAGED BY KNUTSEN & KIRKNES OF LILLESAND

SHE FOUNDERED OF SPURN HEAD ON 21 JANUARY 1913 AFTER HITTING THE LEMAN BANK .

SHE WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM STETTIN TO RIO DE JANERIO

THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS HER AS THE AGDA FLYING THE NORWEGIAN FLAG . THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS HER AS THE WAITANGI ALONG SIDE

 




AGDA

A VESSEL NAMED AGDA MADE A VOYAGE FROM GERMANY TO QUEBEC 29TH JULY 1872. CAPTAIN DIETRICHS BEING IN COMMAND - THIS WAS NOT THE SHAW SAVILL & CO CHARTERED VESSEL  - FOR REFERENCE ONLY

AGDA

A SWEDISH VESSEL CALLED AGDA ON 14TH NOVEMBER 1875 WAS LOST ON THE COAST OF QUIBERON NEAR FORT PENTHIEVRE DURING A STORM - FOR REFERENCE ONLY NO SHAW SAVILL & CO CONNECTION - THIS MAY BE THE SAME VESSEL AS ABOVE

 

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