National Register of Historic Vessels: SS Great Britain, City of Adelaide, HMS Belfast, HMS Victory, Cutty Sark, HMS Warrior

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: SS Great Britain, City of Adelaide, HMS Belfast, HMS Victory, Cutty Sark, HMS Warrior, National Historic Fleet, Core Collection, Fire-float Pyronaut, PS Waverley, Glenlee, RRS Discovery, SS Robin, SS Nomadic, HMS Caroline, HMY Britannia, HMS Gannet, HMS Holland 1, John H Amos, HMS Alliance, Turbinia, Mayflower steam tug 1861, Sundowner, HMS M33, HMS Trincomalee, Reaper, SS Shieldhall, MTB 102, National Historic Ships, HMS Unicorn, PS Kingswear Castle, MV May Queen, HM Coastal Motor Boat 4, MV Lady Wakefield, Zetland Lifeboat, Lydia Eva. Excerpt: The City of Adelaide was built in 1864 by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, and was launched on 7 May 1864. The ship was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Carrick between 1923 and 1948 and, after decommissioning, was known as Carrick until 2001. At a conference convened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 2001, the ship's name reverted to City of Adelaide. The City of Adelaide is: As a fast sailing ship, between 1864 and 1887 the City of Adelaide made 23 annual return voyages transporting passengers and goods from London and Plymouth to Adelaide, South Australia. On the return voyages, the ship carried passengers, wool and copper from Adelaide and Port Augusta to London. During this period it played an important part in the immigration of Australia. Between 1923 and 1989, the ship was an iconic landmark on the River Clyde in Glasgow, known as the Carrick. After a series of events stemming from a flooding mishap in 1989, the ship's ownership passed to the Scottish Maritime Museum and in 1992/1993 was moved to a private slipway adjacent to the Scottish Maritime Museum's site in Irvine, Scotland. A restoration commenced but was halted in 1999 after funding difficulties when Scotland regained its own parliament. After being served with an eviction notice by the ...