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The shipping channel leading to the Outer Harbor was dredged to a depth of 14.2m to accommodate Panamax-sized ships [7] with the work being completed in February 2006. [ 8 ] The Outer Harbor passenger terminal services an increasing number of cruise liners visiting Adelaide, with 27 arrivals in the 2012 cruise season.
It was later used to transport free settlers to Adelaide and New Zealand. [3] On 29 October [3] or 20 November 1838, the Thomas Harrison departed London, via Deal, Kent, [6] for Port Adelaide, arriving on 24 or 25 February 1939. Edward Michael Smith was the master on this voyage. [3]
HMAS Collins, lead ship of her class Australia operates a single class of diesel-electric submarines, the six Collins-class boats which began entering service in 1993. The Collins was designed by the Swedish submarine builder Kockums as the Type 471 specifically to meet Australian requirements, many of which were derived from Australia's need for great range without utilizing a nuclear ...
Port Adelaide, South Australia to Batavia - departed 22 November 1841; ... Ships arriving in South Australia 1841", Pioneers Association of South Australia
Work on Adelaide began during February 2010, when the first steel was cut. [4] The first hull blocks were laid down on 18 February 2011, and Adelaide was launched on 4 July 2012. [43] [52] Initially, the ship was due to reach Australia in early 2013 to begin final fitout, [24] [43] but this did not occur.
In 1848–9, she was the first of three ships chartered by the Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang to bring free immigrants to Brisbane, Australia, arriving on 21 January 1849. [4] Captained by John Christmas, with the medical superintendent Henry Challinor, she departed Gravesend on 14 September 1848 and arrived at Moreton Bay on 21 January 1849. [5] [6 ...
HMAS Canberra (FFG 02) was an Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class design, Canberra was one of four Adelaide class ships constructed in the United States of America, and one of six to serve in the RAN. The frigate entered service in 1981.
Tam O'Shanter was a sailing ship built in 1829 in North Hylton. In 1830 she sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Next, she was a West Indiaman, sailing to Bermuda and Jamaica. She then played a role in the founding of Adelaide in 1836. Tam O'Shanter ran aground in 1837 off Tasmania and was considered a ...