Tag Archives: City of Adelaide

Composite Clipper Ship City of Adelaide’s Rudder Arrives in Australia

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

The rudder for the composite clipper ship, City of Adelaide, arrived in Australia the week before Christmas   Typically, when a ship comes into port, the rudder arrives last. Very little has been typical, however, about the struggle to save the oldest composite clipper ship, the City … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Ready to Begin her Long Voyage Home to Australia

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Last January we posted that the composite clipper ship City of Adelaide would begin her voyage by barge and then ship  to her namesake city in Australia by March, ”if all goes well.”   As is not unusual is this sort of project, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Peter Maddison Occupying Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Again

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Just as preparations for moving the world’s oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide, to her namesake city in Australia, are getting underway, Peter Maddison, a former councillor from Sunderland, where the ship was built, has occupied the old clipper, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Ready by March for Transport to Australia

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Last October, we posted about the shipping cradle that had been fabricated in Australia and shipped to Scotland which will be used to transport the oldest composite clipper ship, the City of Adelaide,  back to her namesake city in South … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cradle for Clipper Ship City of Adelaide to Set Sail For Scotland

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

The City of Adelaide, built in 1864, is the oldest composite clipper ship in the world and is currently sitting on a slipway in Scotland waiting to be brought home to its namesake city.  The plan is for a steel cradle to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Clipper City of Adelaide at Risk as Aussie Government Backs Out On Funding

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

The future of the oldest, just barely surviving, composite clipper ship in the world, the City of Adelaide, is again in question. Shortly before it was due to be scrapped in Scotland last August, an agreement was reached to send … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Work Begins on Transporting the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

The clipper ship City of Adelaide (later HMS Carrick), the oldest surviving composite clipper ship in the world, was at serious risk of being broken up until a deal was  struck last August to move the ship from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Scotland, back to its namesake … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Clipper City of Adelaide being made ready for trip home

Posted on December 11, 2010 by

The clipper ship City of Adelaide (later HMS Carrick), the oldest surviving composite clipper ship in the world, is being made ready for her long trip home to her namesake city in Australia, from her current berth in Irvine, Scotland. Carrick … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Clipper Ship City of Adelaide to be Sent to Australia

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

Great news!  The oldest just barely surviving composite clipper ship in the world, the City of Adelaide appears  likely to be moved to Australia to its namesake city, Adelaide.  The ship, which is currently at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Scotland, has … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Build your Own City of Adelaide

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

The fate of the oldest composite clipper ship in the world, the City of Adelaide, has yet to b determined.  In the mean time, former TV host and science educator, Dr. Rob Morrison, has designed a simple paper pattern that … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , | 1 Comment

BBC update on the Clipper City of Adelaide and the Battle of the Ballads

Posted on February 23, 2010 by

BC apparently has posted an interesting videocast on the composite clipper City of Adelaide.  I write apparently because it is available only in Britain and being on the other side of the pond I can only take the word of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships, Songs | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Cutty Sark to be Restored by Olympics; Fate of City of Adelaide Delayed

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

The Cutty Sark will be restored and ready for new visitors in time for the 2012 Olympics.   The ship was nearly destroyed by fire in 2007.    The other, albeit just barely, surviving composite clipper ship, the City of Adelaide, which has … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Breaking up the City of Adelaide Could Bankrupt Scottish Museum

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

The Scottish Maritime Museum is in dire financial straits.  The City of Adelaide, the oldest (just barely) surviving composite clipper ship in the world,  has been rotting on a slipway at Irvine, near Glasgow, for almost a decade because the museum lacked the funds to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A New Attempt to Save the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

More talks to save the fine old ship from being broken up.  Only time will tell whether anyone will come up with the funds to rescue her. Fresh bid to salvage historic Scots ship

Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged , | Leave a comment