Hi Listers I've recently read about this migrant ship and concerns raised about her fate. The City of Adelaide is the oldest surviving clipper ship in the world, one of only a few to still exist, however her owners, the Scottish Maritime Museum, intend to demolish her as they are being evicted from the slipway where the City of Adelaide sits. There are lots of websites giving information about the clipper, eg http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article6953510.ece As many of our ancestors would have travelled aboard her to Australia, I thought it was worth bringing her to the list's attention. Neither Scottish nor UK Government seems prepared to step in. Two rival rescue bids — one from Adelaide, one from Sunderland, where she was built — are trying to save her. Both are desperately short of money and time. So for the sake of around half a million quid — a banker’s bonus in a bad year — this priceless maritime artefact is to be destroyed. Kind regards Joy

Some more info at : http://cityofadelaide.org.au/ and http://www.cityofadelaide1864.co.uk/ or http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2009/07/13/the-city-of-adelaide-the-oldest-just-barely-serving-clipper-ship/ The first site has Passenger Lists on it. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Hungerford" <m.hungerford@ntlworld.com> To: <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> Cc: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com>; <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: 07 February 2010 15:56 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] The 'City of Adelaide' > Hi Listers > > I've recently read about this migrant ship and concerns raised about her > fate. > > The City of Adelaide is the oldest surviving clipper ship in the world, > one of only a few to still exist, however her owners, the Scottish > Maritime Museum, intend to demolish her as they are being evicted from the > slipway where the City of Adelaide sits. > > There are lots of websites giving information about the clipper, eg > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article6953510.ece > > As many of our ancestors would have travelled aboard her to Australia, I > thought it was worth bringing her to the list's attention. > > Neither Scottish nor UK Government seems prepared to step in. Two rival > rescue bids — one from Adelaide, one from Sunderland, where she was > built — are trying to save her. Both are desperately short of money and > time. So for the sake of around half a million quid — a banker’s bonus in > a bad year — this priceless maritime artefact is to be destroyed. > > Kind regards > > Joy -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 196 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message