Edwardes, Arthur Diedrich, c. 1845-1950, Photograph, PRG 1373/82/48
'Adele' steel steam yacht, 288 tons.[steel, single screw steam yacht, 288 gross, 131 n tons, ON123022 145.0 x 22.4 x 13.2, built 1906 Hawthorn & Co, Leith, Triple expans. recip stm eng, 68nhp. Owners: Edgar Arthur Munday, reg. Pt. Adelaide c.1908 (or was Munday only an agent?) Henry Dutton. Purchased by RAN 1915 for a tender at Jervis Bay, and commissioned Sept. 14, 1915 as HMAS Franklin. Taken out of commission in 1921 she was transferred to New Guinea in 1924 as an official vessel. Laid up in 1932 she was sold and regained the name 'Adele' while in use as a private yacht. Her last registered owner was CP Relph. She was requisitioned by the RAN in Sept 1939 and made an examination vessel. While on duty at Port Kembla, NSW she was wrecked after colliding with the breakwater May 7, 1943. Also known as 'Franklin": HMAS and or owned by Australian Government and operating in New Guinea]