Composite steel and wooden 3 masted schooner.  Built in 1948 by RM Crouch at Port Adelaide.  Owned by Reginald M Crouch, later Jillian Crouch Pty Ltd.  Vessel was sold in 1968 for further use in the Bass Strait trades and was renamed "Lady Jillian" in Jun

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Composite steel and wooden 3 masted schooner. Built in 1948 by RM Crouch at Port Adelaide. Owned by Reginald M Crouch, later Jillian Crouch Pty Ltd. Vessel was sold in 1968 for further use in the Bass Strait trades and was renamed "Lady Jillian" in June 1970. Official number: 156029 Tonnage: 242 gross, 99 net Dimensions: length 119'9", breadth 24'4", draught 8'8" Machinery: diesel engine of 195 bhp Speed: 8 knots refer - "Ketches Of South Australia" by R Parsons

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South Australian Maritime Museum, donated by Mr Keith LeLeu

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JILLIAN CROUCH

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