Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      PORT ADELAIDE
Arrived:30 June 1931
Departed:1 Sep 1931
Career:In 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.
30 June 1931 arrived Tollesbury from London [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 11 July 1931]

Mid Essex WSS - Lloyds List: arrived 30 Jun 1931 sailed 1 Sep 1931

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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