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City of Adelaide clipper [B 1778] • Artwork

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Summary

Print of a painting of the 'City of Adelaide' clipper under full sail. See B 1777-1781 for prints of paintings of clipper ships

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Physical description

1 print : colour ; 40 cm x 60.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1864

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

City of Adelaide (Ship)
Sailing ships

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Historical information

The clipper ship, 'City of Adelaide', 791 tons, was built at the shipyards of W. Pile, Hay & Co., of Sunderland and launched on 7th May 1864. She was still sailing 80 years later. She was built for a syndicate of owners which included the shipping agents Devitt & Moore of London and Adelaide, and her first master was Captain David Bruce. Built expressly for the South Australian trade, she carried local cargo back to England, for over 20 years. See the 'Observer', 1st January, 1921. For an account of a famous ocean race between the 'Yatala' and the 'City of Adelaide' see the 'Register', June 11th, 1867.Together with the famous 'Cutty Sark', it was only one of two such vessels remaining in 2006. For many years it was in Irvine, Scotland, until an Adelaide-based action group launched a 'Bring her home' campaign. On 26 November 2013, the vessel started the trip back to Australia from Rotterdam, aboard MV 'Palanpur', arriving at Port Adelaide on 3 February 2014. Details can be found on the City of Adelaide (clipper) website.

Digitisation information

Date

16/03/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,195 x 1,970 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.32 MB

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