Agnes Blaikie

History

During the Crimean war the British government chartered many trading vessels for delivery of military cargoes and equipment for the army which was based in Balaklava.<br\> Barque Agnes Blaikie has left Thames January, 22, 1855 with a cargo consisting of 180 tons of shot and 250 of coke, for the Crimea.

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steering-wheel of vessel

Type of a vessel: trading barque

Origin: the Great Britain

Length: 116 feet. 3/10 inches (35,45 m)

Width: 23 feet. 6/10 inches (7,19 m)

Depth of hold: 16 feet. 8/10 inches (5,12 m)

The tonnage: 381 grt

Launched: October, 1841

Place: Aberdeen

Shipyard: Walter Hood

Rigging: three masts

Port of registry: Aberdeen (1841), Swansea (1849), Bristol (1852 (?), London (1855)

Name of the shipowner: George Thompson Junr., Aberdeen Line (1841), W. Jenkins and Co (1849), John Richardson, John Crow Richardson/Swansea Wales (30.06.1852), Henry Dobson/81 Princess Street Bristol England (05.02.1853), W. Dobbin (1852 (?), Jordison (1855)

Name of the captain: Alex Duthie (1841), Thomas Thomas (1852), Richard Pernam (December 1854 - March 1855), Henry Hamden (March 1855 - May 1855)

Members of crew: 12 (1855) Port of the first purpose(assignment): Santiago de Cuba

Date of ship-wreck: May, 5, 1855

Place of ship-wreck: the Black sea, Crimea, near Balaklava

Circumstances: collision with HMS MEDINA

Final condition of a vessel: full loss

Human losses: no

Saving operations: the crew is rescued by command of HMS MEDINA

Date of opening of the dive-site: September, 18, 2003

Name of pathbreakers: Anatoly Kopnin and Michael Fal'kovsky

Date of identification: September, 13, 2006

Localization of a place(country): Ukraine

Localization of a place(zone): Balaklava

Depth: 84 m

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