Australian steamer Adele
HMAS Franklin
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Hawthorn & Co Leith , Scotland, United Kingdom |
Yard number | 116 |
Launched | 18 October 1906 |
Completed | November 1906 |
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Fate | Wrecked 7 May 1943 |
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Type | Steel screw steamer |
Tonnage | |
Length | 145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × 68 hp (51 kW) triple expansion steam engine (Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith) |
Sail plan | Yacht |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Armament | 2 × .303-in Vickers machine guns (HMAS Adele) |
Adele was a steel screw steamer that was built in 1906 as a yacht. She was twice commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), firstly as HMAS Franklin and later as HMAS Adele. She was wrecked at Port Kembla, New South Wales on 7 May 1943.
Design and construction
Adele was built in 1906 by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith, Scotland[1] as yard number 116. She was launched on 18 October 1906[2] and completed in November 1906.
Originally built as a yacht, she was later converted to steam power.[3]
Propulsion
By 1930, Adele was powered by a 68 horsepower (51 kW)
Official Number and Code Letters
Official numbers were a forerunner to
Operational history
In 1915, Adele was purchased by the Australia Government for
Franklin collided with the
Franklin was paid off on 31 March 1921 only to be recommissioned on 21 September.[1]
Franklin was decommissioned on 18 September 1922 and gifted to the
On 24 October 1939, Adele was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Adele. She was armed with two .303-in Vickers machine guns and employed as an examination vessel. From December 1941, HMAS Adele was attached to HMAS Maitland.[7]
Loss
On 7 May 1943, Adele struck the breakwater at Port Kembla and was subsequently declared a total loss.[8] The wreck of Adele is protected under the New South Wales Heritage Act, 1977.[9]
Legacy
Franklin is remembered in the naming of two other sail training yachts associated with the RAN College:
- a yacht in the 1960s and 1970s, which took part in several Sydney to Hobartraces;
- a 25 metres (82 ft) Hunter yacht acquired in 2005.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f John Ware (December 1972), "Millionaire's Yacht's Naval Service", Naval Historical Review
- ^ "Adele". Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch. The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
- ^ "1123022". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ "AWM Collection Record: 300647". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ "HMAS ADELE EXAMINATION VESSEL ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY". Peter Dunn. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES SHIPWRECKS". Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ "Adele (+1943)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ New fleet addition, RAN "Navy News" paper, edition V48, No22, 2005-12-01, accessed 2009-10-18