NELCEBEE

Built by T.B.Seath & Co., Rutherglen, knocked down and shipped in sections. Name is a corruption of 'Nelshaby' near Pt.Pirie.1883: Adelaide Milling & Mercantile Co.Ltd. & A.Wilson, reg. Port Adelaide. 1883 Aug.1: First voyage to the North Arm, where the compass was corrected, thence to the Semaphore and departing to Tasmania. 1888 Jan.: Frederick Gray & partners. 1889 Feb.: James Cowan. 1889 Oct.: The Adelaide Steam Tug Co.Ltd. 1927 July: E.H.Hipkins, who removed the steam engine & rebuilt the ship as a diesel engined aux. Lugger. 1930c.: Mrs. Caroline Hipkins. 1934 Jan.26: Struck a-mid-ships by the schooner Gerard while loading wheat at Wardang Island and beached. 1936: Albert J.Cosh & partners. 1937: I.L.Simms & others. 1951: June 21: Aground and abandoned at Pt.Turton. 1952: A.H.Bronford. 1954: E.M.Crouch. 1956: Y.M.Crouch & others. 1965 Sept.30: Foundered and abandoned in St.Vincent Gulf. Towed to Pt. Adelaide and pumped out. 1969: Merilyn Pty.Ltd. 1973: Ulonga Shipping Pty.Ltd. 1976: R.Fricker & Co.Pty.Ltd. Later: S.A.Maritime Museum. 2005 June: Removed from the water and placed on wharf 13.