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Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1880, with an unknown wooden barque and the tug 'Glenelg'.
The 'Lavinia' at an unidentified port
The wooden barque 'Lavinia', 349 tons, at an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast barque, 361 gross, 349 net tons. ON66400, 125.8 x 27.7 x 15.4 built 1873 (11) Richard Keiff, Souris, Prince Edward Island. Owners: Nov. 1874 George Harris, registered Brisbane: Nov. 1875 William Hamilton registered Port Adelaide: Sept.. 1896 Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. converted into a hulk and broken up at Port Adelaide 1918]
Port Adelaide shipping
Port Adelaide shipping, 1879 with the barque 'Crownthorpe', the 'S.S. Glenelg' and the 'S.S. Governor Musgrave'.
The 'S.S. Royal Shepherd' at Port Adelaide
The brig 'S.S. Royal Shepherd' on slip at Port Adelaide in the 1860's [iron single screw steamship, 269 gross, 184 net tons. ON31714, 148.1 x 19.8 x 10.5. Remeasured July 1857. Built 1853 (11) Blackwood and Gordon, Paisley. Oscillating steam engine 60hp by shipbuilder. Owners: Major and Co., registered Greenock. 1854 Launceston SN Co. registered Launceston. Dec. 1864 Joseph Darwent and partners, registered Port Adelaide; Oct. 1871 Andrew Tennant and partners. Dec. 1876 Spencer's Gulf SS Co. Ltd.' Dec. 1882 The Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.; Oct. 1885 J Mitchell, registered Sydney. Sunk in collision with ss 'Hesketh' off Sydney Heads July 14, 1890. See 'The Adelaide Line' by Parsons'. From 1864 owned in South Australia until sold to Sydney in 1885. Full details of career see 'Australian Coastal Passenger Ships' by Parsons, 1982]
Port Adelaide River
Port Adelaide River, 1879 with the brigantine 'Odalisk', the 'S.S. Glenelg', the barques 'Lintrathen' and 'Ganymede' and the brig 'Phillis'.
Port Adelaide River
Port Adelaide in the 1860's.
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]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1900, with the 'S.S. Port Pirie'.
Queen's Wharf, Port Adelaide
Queen's Wharf, Port Adelaide in the 1870's. Photograph originally captioned as Commercial Wharf.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1871
The 'Edith Alice' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Edith Alice', 32 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast barge, ON57508. 39 tons. 61.6 x 17.7 x 6.1. Built 1869. Thomas Inches, Huon River Tasmania. Made into an auxiliary vessel in 1927 and now 2 mast ketch. 41 gross, 33 net tons. Owners Thomas Inches, registered Hobart. Oct 1871. Charles Heath registered Port Adelaide by 1919 EH Heath and others, 1924 C Hipkins 1928 J Davis, 1934 TD Garnaut, 1936 MJ Davies. Broken up at Port Adelaide and register closed in 1938]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide about 1888, with the 'S.S. Cowrie'.
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide about 1909, with the ketches 'Buck' and 'Mary'.
The 'Southern Belle' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Southern Belle', 351 tons, at Port Adelaide, 1871 ['Southern Belle' = wooden 3 mast barque, 347 tons, 1876 - 336 tons. ON54410, 123.3 x 29.2 x13.5. Built 1866 St. Martins, New Brunswick: owners (1869) RH Robinson (Wilmington, Del.) registered St. Johns, New Brunswick: 1870 James Baines, registered Liverpool; May 1871 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 CG Warburton, registered Sydney; c. 1897 Benjamin Jenkins; c.1900 Andrew Sneddon. No further trace, probably converted to a coal hulk]
The 'Otago' at Port Adelaide
The iron barque 'Otago', 346 tons, at Port Adelaide [iron 3 mast barque, 367 gross, 345 net tons. ON60463. 147.0 x 26.0 x 14.0 Built 1869 (10) A Stephen and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: Angus Cameron, registered Glasgow: Jan. 1872 Thomas Grierson and others, registered Port Adelaide. Nov. 1886 JL Simpson and partners: August 1900 CJF Gerber, registered Sydney 1902/1903 Huddart, Parker Ltd, who converted the vessel into a coal hulk and took it to Hobart. Sold in 1931 and abandoned on the bank in a bay of the Derwent. This is not the vessel made famous by reason of Joseph Conrad taking over as master and bringing it to Port Adelaide when her master (and part owner) died in Bay of Bengal]
'Ashburton' and 'Carnaquheen' at Port Adelaide
The barque 'Ashburton' and ship 'Carnaquheen' at Port Adelaide, July 1870. [Ashburton: wooden 3 masted barque, 541 gross, June 1873 poop removed, now 506 tons. ON11977, 134.0 x 28.0 x 18.6. Built 1853 at Newcastle upon Tyne. Owners: owned in Newcastle upon Tyne until Dec. 1862 0 Henry D. Dale, registered Port Adelaide: Sept. 1863 Charles Smith, reg. Sydney April 1868. Messrs Randall, McClemens and Chas.Smith. Registered Melbourne Jan. 1874 William Young. June 1878 WK Thomson and taken to Suva probably about that time, and used as a storeship until broken up in 1893 or 4.]
Shipping in New Dock
Shipping in New Dock, with left, the bow of 'Nehemiah Gibson' and 'S.S. Lubra'. The 'Nehemiah Gibson' was built in September 1868 in East Boston and was owned by Nehemiah Gibson. The ship carried cargo between the United States and Australia, and was wrecked in coral reefs off the coast of Brazil in February 1892.
The 'Harold' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Harold', 98 tons, in an unidentified harbour [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]
Shipping at Port Adelaide, New Year's Day
Shipping at Port Adelaide, New Year's Day 1910, with the ship 'Carnarvon Bay'.
Sailors at Port Adelaide
Sailors at Port Adelaide, 1871, looking across the river to Birkenhead with the stern of the ship 'White Eagle'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide in the 1860's. Brig 'Oberon' on slip; schooner 'Belle' and 'S.S. Royal Shepherd'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide about 1890, with the lighter 'Gwydir' on the right.
'Kermandie' wooden schooner
'Kermandie' wooden schooner 343 tons [wooden aux. twin screw 4 mast schooner. 343 gross, 222 net tons. ON133495. 141.9 x 35.0 x 11.0. Built 1920 by CM McKay of Hobart (frequently reported to have been constructed on the Huon by McKay) eng. 70hp, later re-engined. Owners: Lune Timber and Trading Co. Ltd. Registered Hobart. Later Kermandie Shipping Co. Ltd. Kauri Timber Co. Ltd, registered Melbourne. Went aground on North Point Reef, 6 miles from Stanley ,Tasmania. On Sept. 6, 1952 and could not be refloated and she was sold to a scrap merchant who stripped her of everything valuable and demolished the wreck with explosives. Said to have been the last 4 masted sailing vessel in Australia when wrecked]
Shipping, Port Victoria 1932
Port Victoria 1932. 4 masted barques 'Melbourne', 'C.B. Pedersen' and ketch 'Lurline'.
'Speedwell' wooden ketch 43 tons
'Speedwell' wooden ketch 43 tons [wooden 2 mast ketch, 43 tons, ON57624, 64.5 x 19.4 x 5.1. Built 1890, Tasmania. Owners: The Huon Co. Ltd., registered Hobart. William Knights, Williamstown, Victoria, who installed an auxiliary diesel engine]
Edithburgh 1938
Edithburgh 1938. Schooner 'Kermandie' alongside.
'Euphrosyne' wooden schooner
'Euphrosyne' ' wooden schooner 76 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner, 75 tons. ON54000, 100.0 x 16.7 x 6.6. Built in 1873 from the Duke of Edinburgh that had been wrecked at Oamaru in August 1873. The wreck was reloated and taken to Lyttelton and rebuilt. When owned by James Grave of Lyttelton and registered at that port she went missing, having sailed from Dunedin Sept. 14, 1875 for Oamaru]
'Natal Queen' wooden barque with the mansion 'Lennah' in the background at Hobart
'Natal Queen' wooden barque 230 tons with the mansion 'Lennah' in the background at Hobart [wooden barque, 230 tons, ON54719, 113.8 x 23.5 x 12.6. Built 1866 (1) Adamson, Grangemouth, Owners: c. 1869 Jas. Tozer, registered London: 1873 owned by Hobart, Tasmania. Wrecked in Adventure Bay, June 1909 while the property of Mr. C Almond, of Adelaide. While owned in Australia was noted for some fast passages. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' H O'May, for loss]
Shipping, Port Victoria January 1933
Shipping. Port Victoria January 1933. 4 masted barques 'Olivebank', 'Viking', 'Pamir', 'Pommern', barquentine 'Mozart'.
'Annie Taylor' and 'Handa Isle' at Edithburgh
'Annie Taylor' and 'Handa Isle' at Edithburgh. [Wooden 2 masted ketch, 73 tons, ON64374, 86.0 x 18.5 x 7.2 built 1871 Cape Hawke, NSW for owners in New South Wales. In December 1873 sold to Port Adelaide shipowners and then in 1888 transferred to port of Fremantle. Sold to foreigners about 1909 and broken up at Koepang, Timor in 1912.] A researcher disputes the caption - 'The only time that the 'Handa Isle' was at Edithburgh, indeed S.A. waters, between 1890 and 1910 was in January 1895. She left Port Adelaide for Edithburg on Jan 19 and sailed from there on the 23rd. On Jan 21 the ketch 'Lizzie Taylor' arrived at Edithburg to also load salt. Both vessels are named in a S A Register story on Jan 28. At this time the 'Annie Taylor' was in WA under WA ownership and was, according to her register, a topsail schooner. The photo is most definitely of a ketch.'