Adolphe (ship)
{{short description|Ship wrecked on Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia in 1904}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Wreck of Adolphe 30 September 1904.jpg | Ship caption = The wreck of the Adolphe on 30 September 1904. The mast of the shipwreck Regent Murray is visible on the right. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Adolphe | Ship owner = Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils{{Cite web|url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Adolphe(1902).html|title=Adolphe|author=Lars Bruzelius|year=1996|access-date=5 February 2010}} | Ship operator = | Ship country = | Ship flag = | Ship registry = Dunkirk, France | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = A.-D. Bordes et Fils of Bordeaux{{Cite web|url=http://www.newportcorp.com/client_images/567474.pdf|title=Port News|publisher=Newcastle Port Corporation|page=1|date=August 2006|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719183641/http://www.newportcorp.com/client_images/567474.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2008}} | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = shipyard of Chantiers de France, Dunkerque | Ship launched = 23 March 1902 | Ship completed = 1902 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = September 1902 - Arrived at Iquique from Port Talbot after 105 days | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Wrecked | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Barquentine | Ship construction = Steel | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|3,204}} | Ship displacement = {{NRT|2,413}} | Ship length = {{Convert|95.58|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{Convert|13.74|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{Convert|7.345|m|ft|3|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = | Ship primary use = Transport | Ship industry = cargo - international | Ship crew = 32 | Ship passenger capacity = 0 | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
The Adolphe was a sailing ship that was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia, in 1904. The ship is now the most prominent of several wrecks on what is now the Stockton breakwall, which protects Newcastle harbour. The rescue of the ship's crew has gone down in local maritime history as one of the most remarkable in local waters.
Ship description and construction
Adolphe was a four-masted steel barque built in 1902 by Chantiers de France, Dunkerque. It was rigged with double top and topgallant sails.
Shipwreck event
On 30 September 1904, the Adolphe was being towed through the entrance of Newcastle harbour by the tugs Hero and Victoria after an 85-day voyage in ballast from Antwerp under the command of Captain Lucas. Heavy seas prevented the tugs from holding her, and after the tug hawser parted she was swept first on to the wreck of the Colonist, then battered by waves that forced her on top of other submerged wrecks on what was then called the Oyster Bank. The lifeboat hurried to the scene and within two hours all 32 of the crew had been taken off. The northern breakwater of the entrance to the port of Newcastle was extended after the loss of the Adolphe. The French consul made an official visit to Newcastle to recognise the efforts of the lifeboat crew.
When the breakwater was extended in 1906 and reached the remains of the Adolphe, her remaining two masts and jib-boom were removed for safety reasons. She is actually resting across the remains of SS Wendouree, wrecked in 1898, and SS Lindus, lost in 1899. The location of the wreck is approximately {{coord|32|54|49.46|S|151|47|50.21|E|type:landmark_region:AU|display=inline,title}}.
Gallery
File:Adolphe 1904 SLNSW FL20702462.jpg|Adolphe sailing ship, Stockton Breakwater, Newcastle, c. 1904
File:Cawarra location.jpg|Location of Adolphe on Stockton breakwall in relation to other wrecks including that of SS Cawarra
File:Adolphe wreck1.jpg|The wreck of the Adolphe on Stockton breakwall
References
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- {{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/nsd/nsd_form.pl?search_id=5259 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090602055352/http://environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/nsd/nsd_form.pl?search_id=5259 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2009 |title=National Shipwrecks database - wreck details Adolphe |work=Australian National Shipwreck Database |publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |access-date=5 February 2010 }}
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{{1904 shipwrecks}}
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Category:Shipwrecks of the Hunter Region
Category:Ships built in France
Category:Maritime incidents in 1904
Category:1901 – World War I ships of Australia
Category:Merchant ships of Australia