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Ships built at Birkenhead, Port Adelaide

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Ships built at Birkenhead, Port Adelaide

H C "Meyer", dredger, built in 1965 by GH and JA Watson in Sydney and weighing 1028 gross ton.  Vessel has a diesel motor and bucket dredge.  Vessel has a red hull and cream superstructure.

Ship

H.C.MEYER

Rig

Non-Propelled Bucket Dredge (No.7 Dredge)

Tonnage

1,000

Built

1964

Built By

G.H.& J.A.Watson
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Ship

KILLARNEY

Rig

Wooden Ferry/Launch, 25 hp

Built

1910

Built By

M.T.Beauchamp
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Ship

MINNIE SIMS

Rig

Cutter

Tonnage

28

Built

1899

Built By

Peter Sharp
Wooden 2 masted Schooner, built in 1921 by John Murch, Birkenhead SA.  An auxilliary engine was fitted in 1925 (28 bhp - 5 knots).  Owned by :  J Murch, later R Murch, still shown as owned by Mr Murch until 1969 and trading in South Australia but the vess

Ship

REGINALD M.

Rig

Schooner

Tonnage

68

Built

1921

Built By

John Henry Murch
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Ship

SAORI

Rig

Trawler

Built

1963

Built By

R.T.Searles & Son
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Ship

STAR OF SOUTH

Rig

Wooden aux. Ketch, 89 bhp

Tonnage

24g 14n

Built

1961

Built By

M.G.Porter
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Ship

SUCCESS

Rig

Wooden Ferry/Launch, 25 hp

Built

1910

Built By

M.T.Beauchamp
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Ship

TRIX

Rig

Ketch

Tonnage

23

Built

1898

Built By

McFarlane
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Ship

YALATA

Rig

Ketch

Tonnage

77g 53n

Built

1909

Built By

A.McFarlane & Son

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