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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Aarhus Historic Shipwreck, City of Adelaide, Koraaga, Advance, Alhambra, SS Yongala, Loch Line, Loch Vennachar, Aenid, Adelphoi, Admiral Gifford, Comboyne, MV Nyora, Adele, Aeolus, SS Pfalz, Australian Army ship Crusader, Loch Sloy, RMS Fort Victoria, SS Empire Caicos, SS City of Adelaide, Adolphe, Eleanor Lancaster, Agnes, HMAS Doomba, SS Makambo, Frederick, Agnes Irving, HMAS Bungaree, Moltke, TSS Maianbar, MSA Brolga, Active, Lindus, Adolphus, Adventure, Ada, Estramina, Hereward, SS Bee, Queen of Nations, Dunbar, SS Cheviot, Alma Doepel, MV Mamutu, Trial, MV Trinity Bay, Elizabeth Henrietta, Phoenix, Cato, George, Governor Hunter, Isabella, Alexander Arbuthnot, Edwin, Sydney Packet, Jane, Argument, Charlotte, Governor King, Dundee, Integrity, Hope, MV Reef Endeavour, Contest, Victorine, Martha, MV Sydney 2000. Excerpt: The City of Adelaide was built in 1864 by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, and was launched on the 7th 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...
