Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph
'Wallace'
'Wallace'.
'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.]
'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]
'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]
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]
George Dinsdale'
'George Dinsdale' [steel single screw steam tug ON133224. 105 gross , nil net tons. Built 1913 (3) Scott and Sons. Bowling. 90.0 x 18.1 x 8.4. Triple expans. recip steam engine by Fishers Ltd, Paisley. Owners: Grangemouth and Forth Steam Towing Co. Ltd. Registered Grangemouth Oct. 1924, Ritch and Smith Ltd, registered Port Adelaide. Broken up at Port Adelaide in 1963/4 by Hines Metals Ltd. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
George Dinsdale' towing mv 'Remo'
'George Dinsdale' at work [steel single screw steam tug ON133224. 105 gross , nil net tons. Built 1913 (3) Scott and Sons. Bowling. 90.0 x 18.1 x 8.4. Triple expans. recip steam engine by Fishers Ltd, Paisley. Owners: Grangemouth and Forth Steam Towing Co. Ltd. Registered Grangemouth Oct. 1924, Ritch and Smith Ltd, registered Port Adelaide. Broken up at Port Adelaide in 1963/4 by Hines Metals Ltd. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Cheopis'
'Cheopis'. [Cheopis means flea. Steel single screw steamship, ON156011, 55 gross, 25 net tons. 70.0 x 14.0 x 5.3. Built 1914 Robinson Bros. Melbourne. Compound steam engine, 34nhp, by shipbuilder, 10 knots. Owners South Australian Government's Customs and Health Department (Built as a boarding launch) Taken out of service and towed to Melbourne by SS Lady Loch Oct. 21, 1932. Sold and in 1934 registered at Port Adelaide by Kangaroo Island Transport Co. Ltd and intended for a service between Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island. This was not successful and she was eventually sold and converted into a shark fishing boat no later than 1946. Eventually she became the property of Mr J. Anderson, of Apollo Bay, Vic. who unofficially renamed her Black Witch. She was wrecked Jan. 22 1954 at Apollo Bay. Her register was closed at Port Adelaide Customs in June 1956 with 'Vessel sunk'.]
'Cheopis'
'Cheopis'. [Cheopis means flea. Steel single screw steamship, ON156011, 55 gross, 25 net tons. 70.0 x 14.0 x 5.3. Built 1914 Robinson Bros. Melbourne. Compound steam engine, 34nhp, by shipbuilder, 10 knots. Owners South Australian Government's Customs and Health Department (Built as a boarding launch) Taken out of service and towed to Melbourne by SS Lady Loch Oct. 21, 1932. Sold and in 1934 registered at Port Adelaide by Kangaroo Island Transport Co. Ltd and intended for a service between Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island. This was not successful and she was eventually sold and converted into a shark fishing boat no later than 1946. Eventually she became the property of Mr J. Anderson, of Apollo Bay, Vic. who unofficially renamed her Black Witch. She was wrecked Jan. 22 1954 at Apollo Bay. Her register was closed at Port Adelaide Customs in June 1956 with 'Vessel sunk'.]
'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]
'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]
'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]
'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] [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]
'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]
'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]
'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]
'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]
'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]
'Euro'
'Euro'.
'Euro'
'Euro' alongside at Port Adelaide.
'Euro'
'Euro' leaving Wardang Island with barge for Port Pirie.
'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.]
'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]
'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.]
'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.]
'SS Governor'
'SS Governor'.
'Parmelia'
'Parmelia'.
No. 2 dredge
No. 2 dredge.
No. 2 dredge
No. 2 dredge.