Jones, Arthur John

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   Date  Event(s)
1919 
  • 1919: Adelaide awarded official city status and Mayor became Lord Mayor.
1923 
  • 1923: Sold to the Admiralty
1925 
  • 1 May 1925: Moved to Greenock and commissioned as a Naval Drill Ship.
1947 
  • 1947: Admiralty presents her to the R.N.V.R. Club (Scotland) who used her as a club rooms.
1978 
  • 1978: Deck is caught under wharf on a rising tide and City of Adelaide is partialy flooded.
1984 
  • 1984: Being used as clubrooms by the RNVR Club.
1989 
  • 1989: Being used as clubrooms by the RNVR Club.
1990 
  • 1990: Sold by the R.N.V.R. Club to the Clyde Ship Trust for
1991 
  • 1991: Sank at moorings in Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
10 1992 
  • 1992: Identified as part of the National [U.K.] Historic Ships Core Collection.
  • 1992: City of Adelaide becomes the property of the Scottish National Maritime Museum.
11 2000 
  • 2000: To raise funds, Scottish Maritime Museum offers the City of Adelaide for sale.
  • 24 May 2000: Scottish Maritime Museum apply to demolish City of Adelaide.
  • 18 Jul 2000: Action group is set up in Adelaide.
12 2001 
  • 26 Feb 2001: North Ayrshire Council refused the demolition.
  • 19 Sep 2001: HRH the Duke of Edinburgh convenes a conference to discuss the City of Adelaide.
13 2003 
  • 2003: Mike Edwards comes up with a plan for the clipper and is granted first right of refusal.
14 2005 
  • 2005: Owners of the slipway terminate the Scottish Maritime Museum
15 2006 
  • 2006: Mike Edwards advises that he will not be taking his option to acquire City of Adelaide.
  • 11 May 2006: The Scottish Maritime Museum again applies to Council to demolish the ship.
16 2007 
  • 18 Apr 2007: World Heritage Day.
  • 18 Apr 2007: North Ayrshire Council advises approval of deconstruction of the
  • 1 May 2007: Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Preservation Trust forms.
  • 21 May 2007: Devastating fire sweeps through the Cutty Sark.