Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      PORT ADELAIDE
Arrived:30 June 1931
Departed:31 August 1931
Career:Dates from Oyster Company register. Broken up Inverkeithing 21 August 1949.

Voyage Record card has arrival 30 June 1931, and arrival Hull 1 September 1931.
Shields Daily News of 30-07-31 vessel in River.

Tonnage:8,422 gross
Built:1919
Type:Refrigerated ship
Owner:Port Line
Official No:143949
ID1143949

PORT ADELAIDE or PORT NICHOLSON in the River Blackwater, with Mersea smack IDA CK64 in the foreground. Date: 1930s.

Above:  PORT ADELAIDE or PORT NICHOLSON in the River Blackwater, with Mersea smack IDA CK64 in the foreground. Date: 1930s.
Source: Ron Green Collection

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