During her heyday, and for over a quarter of a century (1864 -1887) the City of Adelaide carried English, Scottish, Cornish, German, Danish, Irish and other migrants to South Australia.

It made 23 journeys between the UK and Adelaide. Today, approximately a quarter of million descendants of her

passengers can be found throughout Australia.

First class cabins of the “City of Adelaide” in its heyday

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) was purchased in 1893 by Southampton Corporation as a floating hospital

(isolation) ship

This is a picture of the Carrick as a hospital ship in 1894

In 1923, the City of Adelaide was purchased by the Admiralty and towed to Irvine, Scotland. After conversion to a training ship, it was towed to Greenock and commissioned as a Naval

Drill Ship for the newly constituted Clyde Division of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) was donated to the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Club by the Royal Navy . It served as their

headquarters and berthed in Glasgow from 1948 to 1989. This picture shows the delicate manoeuvre through the

Jamaica Bridge in Glasgow City Centre in 1948.

The Carrick(City of Adelaide) is being moved into its River Clyde berth in 1948

The Carrick(City of Adelaide) moored in Glasgow. It lay in this berth until 1989 when it flooded.

In order to safeguard the vessel it was protected as a listed building, but in 1991 it sank at its mooring under mysterious

circumstances.

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) being raised by the Maritime Museum in 1992

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) was salvaged by the Scottish Maritime Museum in 1992 and towed to Irvine

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) was moved to a private slipway adjacent to the museum's site in Irvine harbour.

The Carrick found a resting place in 1992 on the same slipway that it occupied during its refitting at Ayrshire Dockyard Co.

in 1923 as a Navy training ship.

The Carrick is being loaded onto a floatation pontoon for its journey down to London prior to being shrink wrapped and

shipped in the hold of a tanker to Adelaide.

The Carrick being towed past Irvine Harbour

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) on its journey out of Irvine harbour

The Carrick (City of Adelaide) arrives in Clatham Docks, London, before its shipment to Adelaide

After being renamed the City of Adelaide by the Duke of Edinburgh during my last visit to London, I am seen here

arriving at Port Hedland in Western Australia. This was the first time in 125 the City of Adelaide landed in Australia

Happy Ending• The ownership of the vessel was transferred from

the Scottish Maritime Museum to the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Ltd group

• The Irvine Times told last year how the ship was actually set to be moored in an Australian “backwater” contrary to the plans initially set out.

• However, following public criticism the Australian state government has started negotiations to find a new site.

• The Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Ltd group now plan to restore the ship and make it a centre piece in Port Adelaide