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'Annie E Price'
'Annie E Price' - boarding launch.[Annie E Price (which is incorrect, the proper name being Anne E Price - the wife of Premier Thomas Price) wood single screw motor launch, built c.1900 in the Government dockyard (?) for use as a boarding launch for the pilots employed by the Marine Board of SA. Three cylinder kerosene engine. Withdrawn from service about 1926.]
'Cedarbank'
Seattle tug towing 'Cedarbank'.
Coal hulks at Port Adelaide in the 1890's
Coal hulks at Port Adelaide in the 1890's.
'Florrie'
'Florrie' [wooden single screw steamship ON75036. 32 gross, 22 net tons. Built 1879 (7). Rock Davis, Brisbane Water, NSW. 55.5 x 14.0 x 5.4. Compound, vertical steam engine, 11hp Chapman and Co. Sydney. Owners: Rock Davis, reg. Sydney. 1880 CE Jeanneret. Wrecked December 1882, but recovered and repaired. March 1889 WR Cave and Co. registered Port Adelaide. March 1889 The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Feb. 1898 EJ Wright. c.1904 William Swiggs. c.1908 Richard Fricker. c.1919 Richard Garnout, 1922 Richard Fricker (& Co. Ltd) Broken up at Port Adelaide, register closed 1931. Used as a small/tug/tender/beach boat in South Australia. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by R. Parsons]
'Leveret'
'Leveret' [wooden single screw steam tug, ON106134, 78 gross, 53 net tons. Built 1896 James Allen, Johnston Bay, Sydney. 90.0 x 21.2 x 8.9. Inverted, direct acting surface condensing steam engine, 30nhp, built 1886 by Plenty and Son, Newbury, UK. Owners: Allen and Hunter, registered Sydney. July 1897 WR Cave, registered Port Adelaide. July 1897 The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Broken up and register closed May 1930. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Westralian' steel SS in Fremantle
'Westralian' steel SS, 120 tons in Fremantle [steel hull, twin screw steamship, ON120008, 120 gross, 27 net tons. 128.9 x 16.0 x 9.3. Built 1905 Hoskins and Co., WA (actually a replating of the hull of the former pleasure steamer 'Manx Fairy' built in 1887) Twin compound steam engines, 300 indicated horsepower 14 knots built by Hutson and Corbett, Glasgow for the 'Manx Fairy'. Two funnels, pleasure steamer until 1921. Owners: Manx Fairy Ltd., registered Fremantle. Sept. 1906 Westralian Pleasure Ltd., registered Fremantle. Sept. 1906 Westralian Pleasure SS Co. Ltd. May 1913 McIlwraith, M Eachern Ltd. Dec. 1921 EL Spears, Strathfield NSW registered Sydney. 1923 J Rowe and Co. Pty. Ltd., registered Hobart, later AJ Callenger. Hulked on the eastern shore of the Derwent River, Hobart, in the 1940s and gradually demolished]
'Euro'
'Euro'.
'Woonda'
'Woonda' [steel single screw steam tug ON146200, 309 gross, nil net tons. Built 1915 (6) JP Rennoldson and Sons Ltd., South Shields. 125.3 x 25.2 x 13.1. Triple expansion recip. steam engines, 134nhp by shipbuilder. Owners: Built for the Adelaide Steam Tug Co. but taken over by the Royal Navy when completed. Sold out of service. Jan. 1922. The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide. Two funnels. Most powerful tug in South Australia until the arrival of mv 'Tusker'. Sold 1964 to KW Tidwell, Port Lincoln, for conversion to a tuna fishing boat. She was not converted and the hull was broken up in Port Adelaide during 1965. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Asteroid'
'Asteroid' at Semaphore Pier. [wooden single screw steamship. ON79339. 33gross, 22net tons. Built 1882. S. Jenkins. Birkenhead SA. 60.3 x 12.5 x 7.9. Two cylinder, direct acting, non condensing steam engine, 17hp by Plenty and Sons. Berks. UK. Owners: South Australian Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Port Adelaide. June 1882 Largs Bay and Semaphore Steam Launch and Boating Co. Ltd. June 1884 The Adelaide Steam Launch Co. Ltd. May 1889 The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Dec. 1919 Elliott Bros, reg. Sydney. Dec. 1920 Ship Hull Cleaner and Painter Co. Register closed in 1928 with 'Hulked'. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons.]
'Victoria' iron steam launch
'Victoria' iron steam launch, 15 tons.
'Cedarbank'
Seattle tug towing 'Cedarbank'. [Cedarbank = steel 4 mast barque. 2825 tons, ON99839, 326.0 x 43.0 x 24.5. Built 1892 (8) Mackie and Thomson, Glasgow. Owners A Weir and Co. registered Glasgow, later Norwegian owners without change of name. Reported wrecked in 1917 although she remained in Lloyds for a few years after]
'Tandanya'
'Tandanya' [steel single screw steam tug. No official number. 134 gross, nil net tons. Built 1911 (5) JT Eltringham and Co., South Shields. 90.0 x 21.4 x 10.6. Compound steam engine, by GT Grey, South Shields. Owners: South Australian Government. Sold to shipbreakers in Port Adelaide c.1961/2. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Dragor'
'Dragor'.
'Vigilant'
'Vigilant' [wooden single screw steam tug, ON106222, 80 gross, 55 net tons. Built 1899 Dunn Bros. Berry's Bay, North Sydney. 95.1 x 21.7 x 9.8. Compound surface condensing steam engine, 35hp, 11.5 knots, 1 foilr 120 pounds per square inch all by Ross and Duncan, Glasgow. Owners: John Fenwick, registered Sydney; Oct. 1900 A Fenwick and others; Aug. 1908 Millar's Karri and Jarrah Co. Ltd. of West Australia; c.1913 Ritch and Smith, registered Port Adelaide. Register closed August 1951 when the vessel was reported as having been broken up. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
A dredge at work, Port Adelaide
A dredge at work, Port Adelaide.
Tugs going about their business at Outer Harbor
Tugs going about their business at Outer Harbor [in this photograph the tug Eagle is seen towing. Eagle = steel single screw tug, ON95971, 229 gross, 17 net tons, Built 1890 (4) JT Eltringham and Co. South Shields, 125.4 x 22.6 x 12.8. Triple expans. recip. steam eng. one single ended coal fired boiler all by JP Rennoldson and Sons. Ltd. Owners Huddart, Parker Ltd. Registered Melbourne. Sold 1960 to Hines Metals Ltd. Port Adelaide and demolished. Spent long periods working in South Australia. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Adelaide' dredge and 'Aristides' ketch
'Adelaide' dredge and 'Aristides' ketch. [ 'Adelaide' - steel, single screw bucket dredge, no official nr. 717 gross, 427n tons, 161.2 x 36.0 x 12.2, B. 1910 (7) AF Smulders, Schiedamn, compound steam eng., by shipbuilder. Owners: South Australian Harbors Board.]
Hulks 'Carmen' and 'Helen'
Hulks 'Carmen' and 'Helen' at Melbourne, 1933.
'Uraidla'
'Uraidla' at work, Port Adelaide [wooden single screw steam tug, ON112568, 168 gross 48 net tons. Built 1902. The Adelaide Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Waterview Bay Sydney. 104.0 x 22.7 x11.2. Compound steam engine 54nhp, 400 indicated hp, 12.5 knots, D&W Henderson, Glasgow, ex 'Rob Roy'. Owners: The Adelaide Steam Ship Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide; 1927 the Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Sold 1949 to AR Leo for demolition in Port Adelaide. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
Harbour craft at Port Adelaide, 1879
Harbour craft at Port Adelaide, 1879.
No. 5 dredge
No. 5 dredge.
Hulk 'Fortuna' ex 'Macquarie'
Hulk 'Fortuna' ex 'Macquarie' in dock at Sydney [iron ship 1965 gross tons, 1857 net tons. ON70749, 269.8 x 40.1 x 23.7. Built 1875 (6) R&H Green, Blackwall London. Owners: R&H Green. Registered London, 1887 Devitt and Moore; 1903 renamed 'Fortuna' on sale to Norwegian owners and became a coal hulk in Sydney before WW1. The 'Melbourne' ran regularly to Melbourne until 1887 with an average voyage time of 82 days. She was sold in 1897 to Devitt and Moore who renamed the ship 'Macquarie' in 1888 and operated her to Sydney. When Devitt and Moore became associated with Lord Brassey's cadet scheme the 'Macquarie' was employed in training cadets while en route UK-Australia-UK. Very full notes in 'Blackwall Frigates'. Noted in 'Colonial Clippers']
'Morglay'
'Morglay' repairing a buoy at Port Victoria [steel single screw steam tug, ON145374, 171 gross, 2 net tons. Built 1921 Bow, McLachlan and Co., Paisley. 101.0 x 23.1 x 9.8. Triple expans. recip. steam engines. 750 indicated horse power. Eleven and a half knots, engine by shipbuilder. Owners: Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., registered Southampton. March 1926 SA Harbors Board, who originally called her 'No. 394'. Broken up in August 1961. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Conqueror'
'Conqueror' employed to maintain lights and buoys. [wooden single screw steam tug. ON101109, 93 gross, 63 net tons. Built 1893 (10). Dunn Bros, Berry's Bay North Sydney. 81.0 x 18.0 x 9.5. Compound steam engine, 35nhp. Ross and Duncan Glasgow. Owners James Wallace registered Sydney. Oct 1906 Govt. of South Australia. April 1914 S.A. Harbors Board. Withdrawn from service c.1935 and eventually broken up. Unconfirmed reports claim she was used as a coal hulk to supply the Board's other steamers for some years. Built for service in Sydney and for a brief period was used as a Manly ferry. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons.]
'Titan' Dutch steel steam tug and 'Atlantique' 4 masted barque
'Titan' Dutch steel steam tug 352 tons, towing 4 masted barque 'Atlantique' ['Titan' = steel single screw steam tug, 352 gross, 324 net tons, 147.1 x 24.3 x 12.7. Built 1894 (11) Rijkee and Co. Rotterdam. Triple expans. recip. steam engines. 165nhp. Owners: Amsterdam Tug and Salvage Co., registered Amsterdam]
No. 3 dredge
No. 3 dredge.
'SS Governor'
'SS Governor'.
Hulks at Sydney about 1930
Hulks at Sydney about 1930.
Hulk 'Fortuna' ex 'Macquarie'
Hulk 'Fortuna' ex 'Macquarie' in dock at Sydney [iron ship 1965 gross tons, 1857 net tons. ON70749, 269.8 x 40.1 x 23.7. Built 1875 (6) R&H Green, Blackwall London. Owners: R&H Green. Registered London, 1887 Devitt and Moore; 1903 renamed 'Fortuna' on sale to Norwegian owners and became a coal hulk in Sydney before WW1. The 'Melbourne' ran regularly to Melbourne until 1887 with an average voyage time of 82 days. She was sold in 1897 to Devitt and Moore who renamed the ship 'Macquarie' in 1888 and operated her to Sydney. When Devitt and Moore became associated with Lord Brassey's cadet scheme the 'Macquarie' was employed in training cadets while en route UK-Australia-UK. Very full notes in 'Blackwall Frigates'. Noted in 'Colonial Clippers']
'Yacka'
'Yacka' [steel single screw steam tug, ON137238. 118 gross, 2 net tons. Built 1926 (12) Scott and Sons, Bowling. 90.0 x 22.1 x 9.4. Triple expansion recip. steam engines, 84nhp. Hawthorns Ltd. Leith and Gauldie and Gillespie, Glasgow. Owners: The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide; 1958 Ritch and Smith Ltd.; 1967 Towage Holdings Pty. Ltd. Sold 1971 having been laid up since 1969. Late 1973 sold by order of the court on account of accumulated debts. New owner commenced making alterations and it is believed she was to be converted into a tuna fishing boat but was found to be unsuitable and she was demolished in Port Adelaide mid 1975. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' Parsons]