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Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1890, with the ketch 'Albert' and hulk.
The 'Wellington' ashore at Hardwicke Bay
The wooden ketch 'Wellington', 49 tons, shore at Hardwicke Bay [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON79266, 50 tons, 70.5 x 18.6 x 6.0. Built 1884. Thomas Lancaster, Table Cape, Tasmania. Aux. engine fitted 1923. Owners: Thomas Lancaster, registered Launceston;Nov. 1885 GM Jackson, registered Melbourne; May 1890 J Catarinich (Port Adelaide), registered Port Adelaide; 1899. 1902 = J & A Tainsh; 1923 CK McFarlane; 1930 = J Tainsh; by 1946 JT Cosh and Partners. Sold to owners in the Solomon Islands and left Australia in January 1966. Subsequently returned and is now acting a replica of Captain Cook's 'Endeavour' at a marine park in Queensland]
Building Jervois Bridge at Port Adelaide
Building Jervois Bridge at Port Adelaide, 1876, with the bow of the brigantine 'Odalisk' and barquentine 'Sophie'.
The 'Surprise' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Surprise', 38 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57621, 38 tons, 63.0 x 17.7 x 6.1. Built 1889 Thomas Purdon, Old Beach, Hobart, Tasmania. Owners: T Purdon, registered Hobart. May 1910 George R Heritage, registered Port Adelaide. Transferred to Melbourne December 1924 and fitted with an auxiliary motor. Subsequently became a fishing boat based on Port Welshpool. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition, 1978]
Coal hulks 'Cumbrian' and 'Candida'
Coal hulks 'Cumbrian' and 'Candida' at Port Adelaide, about 1900.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1908, with the 'S.S. Riverina' and the ship 'Dechmont'.
The 'Elizabeth' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Elizabeth', 263 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 263 tons. ON47438. 118.9 x 24.4 x 14.4. Built 1863 (9) W Briggs and Sons, Sunderland. Owners registered London till Feb. 1865, Moss Joshua, registered Melbourne; Aug. 1868 EF Sichel; June 1873 John Bickers and Jno Neill, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 AE Howard; Feb. 1895 AE Hamilton; Aug 1900 William Hamilton; 1907 HG Darling; March 1922 Patrick SS Co. Ltd. Converted to a hulk for use in Port Adelaide from 1894 and broken up and register closed in December 1922]
The 'Clementina' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Clementina', 29 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON71775. 23 tons, 48.9 x 13.8 x 5.2. Built 1876 d. McKendrick, Birkenhead SA Lengthened 1892 = 29 tons. 60.3 x 13.9 x 5.1. Auxiliary engine fitted 1922. Owners: Thomas H. Heritage, registered Port Adelaide, Feb. 1884 GE Hubble. Nov 1884 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Oct 1887 A. Le Messurier, 1890 James Tainsh, 1901 JW Thompson, by 1919 DL Loveday, 1924 CC Dale, by 1940 JC Earle. Register closed in 1962 with the notation 'Broken Up'.]
Bickers & Bower vessels at Port Adelaide
Bickers & Bower vessels at Port Adelaide in the 1880's.
Fletcher's Slip
Fletcher's Slip in 1867, with the ship 'Kadina' and the barque 'Contest'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide in the 1860's
Shipping at Port Adelaide in the 1860's.
The 'Osprey' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Osprey', 38 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast barge rigged, ON57524, 38 tons, 65.5 x 17.5 x 5.3 built 1871 Hobart. Owners: from Feb. 1873 William Bundy, registered Port Adelaide. April 1877 J Leask, later in partnership with WB Corstan and Rendell. 1890 = SJ Bishop. Missing and supposed to have foundered. Sailed from Port Julia Sept. 11, 1903 and not seen again. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition, 1978]
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide, about 1912, with, from left, 'W.H. Marston', 'Alpena' and 'Fides'.
The 'Elizabeth' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Elizabeth', 263 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 263 tons. ON47438. 118.9 x 24.4 x 14.4. Built 1863 (9) W Briggs and Sons, Sunderland. Owners registered London till Feb. 1865, Moss Joshua, registered Melbourne; Aug. 1868 EF Sichel; June 1873 John Bickers and Jno Neill, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 AE Howard; Feb. 1895 AE Hamilton; Aug 1900 William Hamilton; 1907 HG Darling; March 1922 Patrick SS Co. Ltd. Converted to a hulk for use in Port Adelaide from 1894 and broken up and register closed in December 1922]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 12th October 1889.
The 'Clementina' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Clementina', 29 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON71775. 23 tons, 48.9 x 13.8 x 5.2. Built 1876 d. McKendrick, Birkenhead SA Lengthened 1892 = 29 tons. 60.3 x 13.9 x 5.1. Auxiliary engine fitted 1922. Owners: Thomas H. Heritage, registered Port Adelaide, Feb. 1884 GE Hubble. Nov 1884 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Oct 1887 A. Le Messurier, 1890 James Tainsh, 1901 JW Thompson, by 1919 DL Loveday, 1924 CC Dale, by 1940 JC Earle. Register closed in 1962 with the notation 'Broken Up'.]
The 'Esther' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Esther', 33 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast barge, ON32135, 34 tons, 62.6 x 16.2 x 4.0. Built 1864 Joseph Graves, Southport T. auxiliary engine added 1928. Owners John W. Graves, registered Hobart: Dec. 1889 J Graves; Sept. 1897 Edward B. Goddard (who alters the vessel and lengthens it from the original 51.6 x 16.2 x 5.7) April 1902 Francis Darmody registered Port Adelaide; 1902 SW Secker and SJ Bishop. By 1919 described as a ketch and owned by SW Swiggs; 1922 HR Simpson. Register closed in March 1943 when it was reported the vessel had been broken up]
The 'Capella' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Capella', 73 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57532, 73 tons. 82.4 x 20.7 x 6.9 built 1873 RD Cuthbert, Franklin River. Twin aux engine fitted 1921.Owners: Richard Honey, reg. Port Adelaide: August 1893 W. Russell and Partners 1921. CC Dale and NT Dale. The Customs Department was advised in 1927 that the vessel had been destroyed in December 1925 and the registration was cancelled. Then in 1932 R. Fricker and Co and two others re-register the vessel. The registration was transferred to Port Moresby in 1969 and it has been reported that the vessel lays derelict in Port Moresby]
Jervois Bridge, Port Adelaide
Jervois Bridge, Port Adelaide, in the 1880's.
The 'Harold' wrecked at Port Victoria
The wooden ketch 'Harold', 98 tons, wrecked at Port Victoria [wooden 2 mast ketch. ON112505, 108 tons, 96.0 x 23.0 x 7.1. Built 1900 Hans C Christensen, Bermagui, NSW. Aux. motor fitted May 1922. Owners: HC Christensen, registered Sydney; c.1914 AL Le Messurier and others (of Port Adelaide) register transferred to Port Adelaide in 1919. 1922 = R Fricker and Co. and partners. Acquired by the Commonwealth Government during WW2 on behalf of USA Small Ships. Fate unknown]
The 'Jean Pierre' and 'Southern Belle' at Port Augusta
The wooden barque 'Jean Pierre', 635 tons, and the wooden barque 'Southern Belle', 351 tons, at Port Augusta, 1889.
The 'Claymore' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Claymore', 287 tons, at Port Adelaide, 1870. [wooden 3 mast barque, 287 gross, 273 net tons. 114.0 x 26.4 x 14.0. ON20433. Built 1858 (3) R. James, Leith. Owners: in July 1869 acquired by John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide. Vessel condemned at Calcutta in 1892 and sold for the benefit of all concerned.]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1900, with the 'Lady Elizabeth' on slip.
Shipping in the Port River
Shipping in the Port River, 1863; the Government schooner 'Yatala', with the ship 'Indus', a coal hulk, and the ship 'Elphinstone' at Port Adelaide, taken from Queen's Wharf, on Thursday 31 December 1863 by P. Schourup.
The 'Rooganah' after being burnt in Spencer Gulf
The wooden schooner 'Rooganah', 99 tons, after being burnt in Spencer Gulf, photographed alongside King's Pier in Hobart [wooden auxiliary 3 mast schooner, 99 gross, 75 net tons, ON124540, 95.0 x 25.1 x 7.0 built 1909 Port Cygnet, Tasmania. Owners: H Jones and Co., and H Heather, registered Hobart. c. 1911/12 Alvin W Taylor: by 1919 reverts to H Jones and Co. c.1921 Sydney C Loveder (of South Australia) Destroyed by fire about 10 am August 19, 1927 near Whyalla. See 'Ketches of South Australia', 3rd edition, 1978]
Semaphore Anchorage
Semaphore Anchorage, 1912, with the wrecked Wonga Shoal Lighthouse and the ship 'Dimsdale' in the background.
The 'Coorong' on Fletcher's Slip, Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Coorong', 369 tons, on Fletcher's Slip, Port Adelaide. [wooden three mast barque, 396 tons, 1883. 359 gross, 344 net tons. ON51551. 130.0 x 26.3 x 13.1. Built 1864 Warren, Rhode Island. Owners Joseph Darwent of Adelaide, registered Newcastle NSW July 1865 transferred to Port Adelaide c.1869 William Howes c.1875 William Hamilton. May 1897 Huddart Parker Ltd. Made into a hulk no later than 1883, and broken up at Port Adelaide in 1916.]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1905, with the 'S.S. Ferret' and 'Corio'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1893, with the ketch 'Success' and tug 'Yatala'.
The 'Empreza' at Port Adelaide
The composite barque 'Empreza', 250 tons, at Port Adelaide in 1870 [composite 3 mast barque,250 gross, 235 net tons. ON29939, 123.3 x 25.1 x 11.3. Built 1865 (8) Hedderwick and Co. Goven. Owners: R Singlehurst, registered Liverpool 1874 - D Bower and Jno Jones, registered Port Adelaide; Dec. 1877 D Bower and J Bickers; June 1891 EF Sandeman; June 1894 Aplin Brown and Co (Townsville); Dec. 1896 H Douglas registered Auckland; 1899 JJ Craig and partners; 1910 Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd., converted to a hulk and register closed. Hulk scuttled at the end of her useful life at Port Chalmers, off Taiaroa Heads NZ June 24, 1948]