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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]
'Wato'
'Wato' [steel single screw steam tug ON117418, 229 gross tons, 30 net tons. Built 1904 (8) JT Elteringham and Co. South Shields, 125.0 x 23.7 x 12.4. Triple expansion recip. steam engines, 108nhp by GT Grey, South Shields. Owners: The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide. Broken up at Fremantle late 1956. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Euro'
'Euro' alongside at Port Adelaide.
'Wato'
'Wato' [steel single screw steam tug ON117418, 229 gross tons, 30 net tons. Built 1904 (8) JT Elteringham and Co. South Shields, 125.0 x 23.7 x 12.4. Triple expansion recip. steam engines, 108nhp by GT Grey, South Shields. Owners: The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide. Broken up at Fremantle late 1956. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Adelaide' dredge
'Adelaide' dredge.
'Restless' iron steam paddle tug and 'Hallowe'en' ship
Iron steam paddle tug 'Restless'; ship 'Hallowe'en.
'Dredge No. 5' and 'SS Cowrie'
'Dredge No. 5' and 'SS Cowrie' at Port Adelaide, about 1890.
'Euro'
'Euro' leaving Wardang Island with barge for Port Pirie.
'Nyora'
'Nyora' (Melbourne) [steel single screw steam tug ON120760. 306 gross tons, 5 net tons. Built 1909 (8) JP Rennoldson and Sons, South Shields. 135.0 x 25.1 x 13.5. Triple expans. recip. steam engine, 206 nhp by shipbuilder. Owners: Huddart, Parker and Co. Ltd. registered Melbourne. Foundered about 50 miles west of Kingston SA on a voyage to eastern states, after passing Kangaroo Island, with the aux. schooner 'Astoria' in tow on Monday July 9, 1917. Fourteen lost - 2 survivors. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
Seattle tug towing ship 'Bragdo'
Seattle tug towing ship 'Bragdo'.
'Foremost'
'Foremost' [steel single screw steam tug, ON148769. 244 gross, 12 net tons. Built 1926 (7) A Hall and Co. Aberdeen and named 'Foremost 41', renamed 1927. 105.1 x 27.1 x 11.4. Triple expansion recip. steam engine by shipbuilder. Owner: 1927=Huddart, Parker Ltd. Registered Melbourne, May 1958 Ritch and Smith Ltd, registered Port Adelaide. Sold to breakers and demolished in the North Arm, Port Adelaide, 1969. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
Captain and crew members of the 'Dimsdale'
Captain and his wife, the first and second mates, and other crew members standing aboard the steel ship 'Dimsdale'. It knocked over the Wonga Shoal Lighthouse [See PRG 1373/9/33 for a full view of the ship].