Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1871 | Agnes & Louisa | Stephenson Clarke | |
1878 | Agnes & Louisa | Lohden & Co. | |
1888 | Luchana | Walker, Donald & Co. |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Cherbourg she was wrecked near Cap la Hague on 2 January 1893.
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, 1st 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, 2nd engineer, 41, London; Ridge, Isaiah, 2nd 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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Jacob Lohden was in parnership with E. Cory in the company of Cory and Lohden. When the partnership was dissolved in 1881 Jacob continued business as J. Lohden & Co. Between 1881 and 1894 the company owned ten ships and had branches in Hartlepool, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Leith.
Family History:
Jacob Lohden was born at Horneburg, Germany in 1837 and moved to Hartlepool in 1858. He began work at the firm of Anthony Harris & Co. coal exporters. Jacob became a naturalised British subject and married Mary Paxton on 13 October 1864 at Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland. By 1871 he and his family were living at Cambridge Terrace, Stranton, by 1881 Station Lane, Seaton Carew and by 1891 Middleton St George.
Jacob was a member of the Seaton Carew Local Board and when Seaton was amalgamated with West Hartlepool he became a member of that Board. He was a member of the Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commisioners, chairman of the Small Damage Club and a director of The Neptune Marine Insurance Company.
Jacob died at Norham-on-Tweed in February 1893 at the age of 56 leaving assets of £8,120. He was interred at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Seaton Carew.
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