Agnes & Louisa - a general history

Completed  April 1872;  Official No. 65675: Code Letters LBSQ.

Owners: 1871 Stephenson Clarke (Dunstan’s Alley, London) & Co. London: 1878 J. Lohden & Co. West Hartlepool: 1888 Agnes & Louisa Shares Co. Ltd. (Walker, James Donald & Co. mgs) London-renamed Luchana

Masters: 1872-81 J Hodgeman: 1882 CT Tose: 1883 Clarke: 1883 J Pearson: 1884-85 W Gibson: 1886 Gill: 1886-1887 Henry Walker/Waller: 1888-90 Taylor: 1891 Lane: 1892 Arthur: 1893 Thomas Gibson (C.N. 96540)

Voyages:

1881 moored at London

‘Agnes & Louisa left Middlesbrough at 8pm on 15 September 1885 bound for Stettin with a cargo of pig-iron & a crew of 16. Between eight & nine the following morning she was off the Dogger Bank. The chief officer & others of the crew were employed washing down the deck & the master was below when they ran into the Vrouw Jacoba, a Dutch fishing vessel of 35 tons & manned by a crew of nine. The fishing vessel was sinking so all the crew got onto the mast which was lying on a crutch. The steamer lowered a boat & got them all off before their fishing vessel sank. The inquiry was heard at West Hartlepool with Howard Smith for the Board of Trade, & Tilly for the ship owners. It was found that the chief officer, who had a master’s certificate, had left the bridge without informing the master so he was guilty of neglect. They were crossing a fishing ground so it was highly probable that there would be small vessels & there should have been a watch. His master’s certificate was suspended for six months but it was recommended that he be granted a first mate’s certificate for that period.’

November 1887 on a voyage from Dordrecht tor Middlesbrough in ballast went aground on the training wall on the north side of the Tees: December 1887 during dense fog Agnes & Louisa loaded with a cargo of iron stranded at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. She was refloated the following day.

Crew June 1881:

Allen, Charles, fireman, 48, Southampton; Barnett, George, able seaman, 50, Chichester; Brightman, Harry Willie, mate, 31, North Shields; Boardway, James, able seaman, 39, Portsmouth; Dagget, John, able seaman, 43, Scarborough, Yorkshire; Edward, Thomas, 1^st engineer, 39, Forfar, Scotland; Gates, George, fireman, 49, Lymmington, Hants.; Hall, Joseph, fireman, 35, Southampton; Hanley, George, able seaman, 33, Garston, Lancashire; Harwood, Frederick, able seaman, 27, Boston, Lincolnshire; Horead, John William, 2^nd engineer, 41, London; Ridge, Isaiah, 2^nd mate, 35, Rochester, Kent; Ridge, Isaiah, boy, 14, Rochester, Kent; Tilley, John, steward, 20, Portsmouth; Tilley, Thomas, able seaman, 45, Portsmouth.

Crew September 1885:

Hickman, Frederick William, chief officer

Crew December 1887:

Turnbull, George Grainger, mate

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