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