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Agnes

Fishing Schooner · Lost 1923 · Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

A two-masted fishing schooner sank off Boston Fish Pier after a trawler collision in June 1923; one fisherman drowned.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Agnes was built at Essex in 1900 for fishing and owned by Fred L. Davis Fisheries Company. The two-masted schooner later received auxiliary engines. Returning from Cape Shore with mackerel under Elroy Prior, she was struck amidships by Alden Mills in Boston Harbor on June 13, 1923. She sank within three minutes; David Anderson drowned and seventeen other fishermen escaped.

Vessel

Built: 1900
Builder: Not established
Yard: Essex, Massachusetts
Material: Not established
Length: 90.2 ft
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 110 gross tons; 65 net tons
Propulsion: Sail with 40-horsepower auxiliary engines
Owners: Fred L. Davis Fisheries Company

Loss

Date: June 13, 1923
Cause: Collision
Location: Off the fish pier, almost in the middle of the main ship channel, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Water: Boston Harbor
Voyage: Cape Shore fishing grounds → Boston, Massachusetts
Cargo: 25,000 pounds of mackerel
Aboard: 18
Lives lost: 1
Master: Elroy Prior

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Reported cut almost in two before sinking; present condition not established.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Boston Fish Pier, Boston, Massachusetts
Region: Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

Boston Fish Pier/main ship channel names establish region, not a precise wreck position; none calculated.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (77/100)

Hull material, surveyed wreck position, depth and subsequent salvage are not established; the original newspaper has not been independently inspected.

R. Sheedy, Down to Sea — The Agnes
Full June 14 1923 private newspaper transcription: explicit last-night collision, two masts, Essex 1900 build, Fred L. Davis Fisheries ownership, 110 gross/65 net tons, 90.2 ft overall, 40 hp auxiliary engines; Elroy Prior, 25,000 lb mackerel; Alden Mills collision off Boston Fish Pier, sank in three minutes; David Anderson drowned and 17 escaped. Original newspaper not independently inspected.
R. Sheedy, Down to Sea — 1923
June 13 entry names David Anderson lost from Agnes; full year index read. Private maritime database; original newspaper not independently inspected.