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...wreck on the Welsh coast. It was the most prominent victim among about 200 ships wrecked by the Royal Charter Storm. The ship was used on the route from Liverpool to Australia, mainly as a passenger ship although there was room for some cargo. There was room for up to 600 p ...

...he clipper's historical importance is the fact that she was particularly a passenger ship. She had fourteen first-class cabins and was able to carry up to abou ...aner hulls resulting in less resistance and higher speeds. Thus composite ships were fast, light, and had good cargo-carrying abilities. ...

...-related organisations who are involved in the history and preservation of ships as well as: # the ship is one of the 46 ships listed in the National Historic Ships Committee as being of international significance and built in Britain; ...

...bec City. The timber trade became a massive business. In one summer, 1200 ships were loaded with timber at Quebec City alone, and it became by far British .... Demand in Britain remained high, especially for railway ties. Improved ships and new technologies, especially the steam engine, allowed the trade to con ...

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...aide for many years. Unfortunately, the friendly rivalry between these two ships came to an end when the ''Yatala'' was lost when she ran aground near Cape ==Passenger List== ...

...st ship to be built for the Devitt and Moore Line. It was designed for the passenger and cargo trade between London and Adelaide and was launched from the yard ...Jackson'' and the ''Medway''. As far back as 1836, Devitt and Moore loaded ships bound for Australia. ...

...ulfils, or largely fulfils, all ten of the criteria for assessing historic ships as defined by the UK’s National Register of Historic Vessels. The ''City of * one of only three large ocean-going composite built ships in the world which have survived intact – the others are the ''Cutty Sark'' ...

...oore, the London ship-brokers, became ship-owners in 1863, and entered the passenger and cargo trade to Australia. In that year it was announced that they were ...ps on the Australian run in their first year, and this had increased to 39 ships by 1840. London’s leading ship-owner [[Duncan Dunbar (shipowner)|Duncan Dun ...

...th Australia carrying passengers on her southern leg and cargo and the odd passenger on the homeward journey. She was identified as part of the National [U.K.] Historic Ships Core Collection and was given an 'A' class heritage listing. At that time, ...

...s owners before he came into a command of his own. The following lists the ships on which he served prior to attaining his own command: ...yage to Sydney in this ship, and then moved to another of their part-owned ships, the 697 ton barque ''Gateside''. Again, he made only one voyage in this sh ...

...was British North America's most important commodity. In one summer, 1,200 ships were loaded with timber at Quebec City alone. ...wever, there was a market for carrying migrants, and so many of the timber ships turned to the migrant trade to fill their unused capacity for the return vo ...

...iled by them within a very few miles of each other, and the master of both ships have evidently shaped about the same course.<ref name=register/>}} ==Passenger List== ...

...theoretically possible to restore the ''City of Adelaide'' to sailing and passenger carrying standards, it would be less expensive to build a replica from new. A restoration would require the historic ship comply with current passenger ship regulations, life saving, structural fire protection, intact stability ...

...s quickly alongside us. (Here I may remark how pretty a sight it is to see ships manoeuvreing at sea, as those did to come close by.) When the chief mate of ...ady was, with an attendant, transferred from the Lina to the City, and the ships parted. The lady was most carefully attended to on board the City, but afte ...

...RAN’s 100th birthday celebrations, or in addition to them, develop a tall ships event celebrating the opening of the City of Adelaide Seaport village and t ...y of the launch of the clipper ship ''City of Adelaide'' with another tall ships event to attract world-wide attention. Follow this up with another event ma ...

| Ship class = '''Composite Clipper'''<br />Passenger ship (1864–1887)<br />Collier (1887–1888)<br />Cargo ship (1888–1893)<br /> ...= |work=National Register of Historic Vessels|publisher= National Historic Ships |accessdate=15 July 2010}}</ref> {{#tag:ref|The wreck of the composite clip ...

...ed to [[Bowen, Llewellyn|Llewellyn Bowen]]. A certain Miss Ada Angas was a passenger on the ''South Australian''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.new ...e days when he sailed on the South Australia run. They stayed with former passenger [[Bullock, Frederick William| Frederick Bullock]] at St Helens, Prospect Ro ...

...ayed in restraining demoralization, which at times has crept into emigrant ships; you have been ever ready to caution and encourage those leaving home and f ...57.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13002176 |title=SHIPS' MAILS. |newspaper= The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954) |location=N ...

...hly skilled set of sailors and craftsmen, and great notoriety for both the ships and crews that sailed them. Clippers were designed for fast voyages and thi The ‘City of Adelaide’ is also rather unique in that she was designed as a passenger ship – and now represents a vital icon of the making of modern Australia an ...