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The 'City of Adelaide' ashore near Grange [PRG 1373/4/8] • Photograph

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Summary

The composite ship 'City of Adelaide', 791 tons, ashore near Grange in August 1874. [composite ship (later barque) 791 tons. ON50036, 176.8 x 33.2 x 18.8. Built 1864 (5). W. Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Usually employed in the South Australian trades and often loaded wool at Port Augusta. Became a Royal Naval hospital hulk, later an accommodation ship and was renamed Carrick from at least 1925. Given by the Royal Navy for use as a club ship by RNR and berthed in Scotland. See Ships of the Royal Navy, Vol. 1 JJ Colledge, David and Charles, 1969.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 8 cm x 11.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1874

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of Adelaide (Ship)
Carrick (Ship)
Sailing ships

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Devitt and Moore, London.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

22/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,538 x 2,478 pixels (8.8 MP)

Size

26.32 MB

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