Shipwrecks of Port Adelaide 

Thanks Nathan Yeah it is amazing that this rich maratime history is still there in the creeks of Port Adelaide

WOW !! Thanks James, Well I'm a Pome too and I migrated from Birkenhead England to Australia with my parents on-board the Fair/Sky and landed in outer harbour in 1961 I too have always loved ships my dad worked at 'Cammell Laird' shipyard and I did see a few ships get launched he took me to a museum in Birkenhead full of beautiful scale model ships. Always remembered that Nowdays I'm retired and I make short videos as a hobby Steve

@@Coolhand99au Good show Steve. I landed the day before decimalisation. I went to Croydon boys technical high school on Torrens rd. My dad worked as a pipe fitter on Torrens island power station. Work in the 60's was hard to find so we had to move to Perth after 2 years. My dad got a job for a short while in Wyalla. I think it was a rocket range. We up sticks and traveled on the train to Perth via port Agusta in the Indian Pacific across the Nulibor (No roads in those days). Just out of interest, I posted a comment on a youtube documentary about the SS United States which is in mothballs in the U.S.with no future. If Adelaide council were to buy it and lay it to rest in garden island it would become a licence to print money as a tourist trap literally a stone throw from outer harbour. Believe it or not I get home sick for Adelaide because it was the place where I turned from being a child to young man and those were the most vivid menories of my life. Catching the train from semaphore sea front up the main street, changing to go to Adelaide and getting off at Croydon. I bet I wouldn't recognise it now. Semaphore was a sleepy quiet outpost with a fishing pier and not much else. I see now that it's all commercial with a fun fair and like Las Vagas by comparison. Memories. Take care. James.

@@j.j.1064 Amazing James When we arrived in Adelaide we were shipped up to Whyalla that's where I grew up and got married and had a family I was there for 25 years then moved down to Adelaide Today I live in Prospect which is right next door to Croydon Hahahahahaha Interesting about the USS United States A private group here in Adelaide did raise a few million dollars to save the 'City of Adelaide' Clipper ship She is the worlds oldest clipper and is sister ship to the 'Cutty Sark' and in much better condition She is being restored in the Port Adelaide river Here's a link to a video I did of the ship ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pp2Fug3QC08.html

My Parents emigrated from England and ended up at Finsbury Hostel, Torrens Road. Late 50's I think. They went from a frozen UK winter to an Adelaide scorcher summer, living in the tin huts at Finsbury hostel. Dad's first job was digging trenches for pipes in the middle of summer, out of 10 guys that started, my Dad was the only one who stuck it out. Hellah hot working and coming home to an oven and sick kids..... but they stuck it out.

Hi Jeffrey I checked out Elissa great to see a wonderful ship like her fully restored. There is a very sad story of one of the ships in my video of the six masted schooner the 'Dorothy H Sterling' she was built by the very wealthy Captain Sterling who sailed with his family on his fleet of ships He eventually went bust due to the great depression and steam ships P.S. Here in Adelaide we are restoring the oldest wooden clipper in the world the 'City of Adelaide' formally the 'Carrick 'the sister ship of the "Cutty Sark ' there are two videos of the ship on my channel

WOW ! Great to hear that Benson Yeah the Santiago would have been a great place for fish to congregate around I'm sure there would be some big Mulloway cruising around those wrecks looking for a feed

Hi There Yeah there are some cool shipwrecks in the Port River the Santiago is the oldest and best preserved shipwreck

Thanks Trevor Lots of good marine stuff around Port Adelaide

Glad you enjoyed it Thanks Stephen

Yeah Mate that,s true it does seem like that The Dorthy H Sterling the wreck that looks like an Island now, was a large 6 masted sailing ship and its owner Captain Sterling who always sailed with his family went broke in the great depression the ship that was only around 4 years old was broken up in the Port River

Its called the Jupiter

Really Simon that’s interesting

Its the ex Murray River Paddlesteamer called the Jupiter. unfortunately she is no longer visible as mangroves have completely over her wreck.

I bet you get invited to all the best parties.