The Skeleton Closet

Ketches of South Australia

The following lists Ketches in SA and date of first registration. In some instances where the registration is vague, references to the ketch in SA waters are all there is to go on. If I have further information about the ketch, a link is provided to that information.

Active - 1873

Adelaide Renown - 1957

Adelaide - 1861

Adelaide reference - 1861

Adonis - 1866

Agenora - 1855

Agnes - 1865

Agnes - 1876

Agneta reference - 1867

Albatross (Mary Virginia - 1913) - 1902

Albatross - 1842

Albatross - 1880

Albatross - 1900

Albatross reference - 1878

Albert - 1863

Alert - 1898

Alexander - 1858

Alice - 1839

Alice Martin - 1857

Alma (Red Jacket) unregistered reference - 1861

Alpha - 1842

Alpha - 1879

Alternative - 1863

Alto - 1887

Amelia - 1864

Amphibious - 1877

Analgutta (Analguista or Analguila) - 1861

Annie Taylor - 1874

Annie Watt - 1874

Arab - 1911

Argosy Lemal (De Lauwers) - 1923

Argosy Lemal - 1971

Ariel - 1891

Aristides - 1910

Ark - 1875

Atalanta unregistered reference - 1860

Bandicoot - 1852

Beatrice - 1880

Bell - 1878

Bertalda - 1896

Betty Joan - 1933

Bimbo - 1961

Blanche - 1853

Bonnie Dundee - 1879

Boomerang - 1865

Bountiful - 1850

Breeze c. - 1848

Britania - 1896

Bronzewing - 1873

Broughton - 1873

Buck - 1869

Caledonia - 1850

Canowie - 1881

Capella - 1873

Caroline - 1852

Cecilia - 1874

Clementina - 1876

Commodore c. - 1855

Coomonderry - 1951

Coringle - 1922

Countess - 1876

Crest of the Wave - 1866

Crinoline - 1863

Cygnet - 1875

Cynthia - 1864

Daphne - 1850

Daring - 1885 reference

Darke - 1881 reference

Dashing Wave - 1869

Defender - 1898

Dianella - 1877

Dorothy S (Stephen) - 1922

Duchess of Kent - 1877

Eclair - 1858

Eclipse - 1864

Edith Alice - 1871

Eleanor - 1919 reference

Eliza - 1876

Elizabeth Annie - 1875

Elsea - 1880

Elsie - 1874

Emily - 1873

Emu - 1851

Emu - 1861

Emu c. - 1840

Ena - 1939

Enchantress - 1884

Endeavour - 1854

Endeavour - 1881 reference

Endeavour - 1896

Esther - 1902

Etty - 1881

Eva - 1904

Evelyn - 1903

Ewbank - 1851

Experiment - 1875

Expert - 1881 reference

Falie - 1923

Fame - 1854

Faughaballah - 1855

Fire Fly c. - 1857

Fleetwing - 1868

Florence Maud - 1900

Flying Cloud - 1870

Forbes Brothers - 1923

Four Brothers - 1853

Four Winds - 1927

Frances - 1839

Frances - 1879

Free Selector - 1875

Freebridge - 1862

Galgacus - 1864

Gambier Lass - 1872

Garfield - 1898

Gazelle - 1848

Gem - 1854

Gerard - 1925

Gift - 1868

Good Intent unregistered reference - 1856

Governor Gawler - 1840

Governor Wallan - 1850

Grace Darling - 1873

Harold - 1919

Hawk - 1910

Hawthorn - 1876

Hecla - 1905

Helena - 1876

Henry & Mary - 1858

Henry - 1850

Hero - 1838

Hope - 1853

Ian Crouch - 1958

Ina - 1907

Industry - 1852

Italy - 1885

James and Margaret - 1878 reference

Jane & Emma - 1848

Jane (Lapwing) - 1848

Jane Flaxman - 1839

Janet - 1899

JC Taylor - 1900

Jessie Anderson - 1881

Jet reference - 1862

Jillian Crouch - 1948

Joesph Lee Archer - 1850

John & May - 1898

John Lewis - 1908

John MacDouall Stewart - 1861

John Robb - 1925

Joseph Haddy - 1851

Kangaroo - 1855

Kate - 1840

Kona - 1917 reference

Lady Daly - 1877

Lady Doris - 1924

Lady Fergusson - 1868

Lady Flora - 1949

Lady Robinson - 1877

Lady Young - 1850

Lapwing - 1850

Lapwing - 1880

Lass of Gawler - 1870

Leillateah - 1920 reference

Lemael - 1921 reference

Lermaid - 1897

Lilley May - 1902

Lillie Hawkins - 1975

Lillie May - 1872

Lily - 1875

Lipsons - 1850

Lively - 1840

Lottie - 1880

Lotus - 1874

Louise - 1875

Lucretia - 1898

Lucy - 1867

Lurline - 1874

MacIntyre - 1887

Magic - 1894

Magnet - 1876

Maid of Australia - 1869

Maid of the Mill reference - 1856

Maid of the Mill - 1850

Malcolm - 1875

Maldon Lewis - 1877

Malvina Maud - 1876 reference

Maria - 1879 reference

Marion - 1879

Marten - 1876

Mary - 1856

Mary - 1876

Mary Ann - 1839

Mary Ann unregistered - 1885

Mary Ellis - 1899

Mary Jane - 1878

Mary King - 1866

Mary Louis - 1878

Mary Smith - 1856

Mary Stewart - 1860

Mary Webster - 1877

Matilda - 1851

May Flower - 1873

Mercy - 1851

Merilyn - 1948

Meteor - 1873

Midge - 1847

Milford Crouch - 1957

Mimosa - 1875

Minnie Sims - 1913

Monarch - 1902

Moorara - 1909

Morning Star - 1869

Nancy - 1865

Napperby - 1873

Nelcebee - 1883

New Arrival - 1876

Nimrod - 1866

Normanville - 1866

OG - 1843

Omeo - 1855

Omeo c. - 1860

One and All - 1892

Onkaparinga c. - 1840

Oscar Robinson - 1900

Osprey - 1873

Otter - 1865

Parara - 1875

Pelsart - 1853

Pengana - 1910

Percy - 1876

Petrel - 1842

Phoebe - 1850

Plank Point - 1928

Portonian - 1876

Post Boy - 1874

Powles - 1850

Prima Donna - 1870

Rachel Cohen - 1895

Rambler - 1877

Ranger - 1838

Rebecca - 1856

Recovery - 1841

Red Rover c. - 1840

Reginald M - 1921

Reliance - 1922

Resolute - 1866

Resource - 1842

Robert Burns - 1898

Rose - 1875

Rose Anna - - 1845

Rose c. - 1854

Ruby - 1873

Ruby - 1904

Sailor Prince - 1870

Sarah - 1875

Sarah Ann - 1850

Schneider - 1850

Sea Bird - 1876

Seaflower - 1899

Seale - 1851

Secret - 1865

Sir Wilfred Lawson - 1891

Sir William Foster - 1853

Sophia Jane - 1840

Spec - 1851

Spindrift - 1874

St Vincent - 1841

Star - 1854

Star of South - 1961

Storm Bird - 1876

Stormy Petrel (Hurrica II) - 1923

Stranger - 1884

Strathmore - 1871

Surprise - 1876

Surprise - 1910

Swallows - 1860

Swift - 1884 reference

Symmetry - 1854

Tam O'Shanter - 1881

Tasman - 1871

Teazer - 1859

The Triumph - 1865

Thistle - 1851

Thistle - 1865

Thomas and Annie - 1876

Thomson - 1847

Three Sisters - 1876

Tickera - 1910

Tommy - 1867

Trial c. - 1853

Triumph - 1901

Trix - 1898

Trix - 1965

Trucanini - 1910

Ulonga - 1949

Vale - 1897

Valentine Hellicar c. - 1855

Venture reference - 1858

Venus - 1847

Victor - 1905 reference

Victoria - 1838

Victory - 1898

Vivid - 1877

Vixen - 1841

Waitemata - 1856

Wakefield - 1853

Walrus - 1860

Walter and John - 1870

Water Witch - 1839

Wave - 1916

Wellington - 1899

Who Would Have Thought It (Nimble - 1873) c. - 1850

William - Hired in - 1838

William - unregistered cutter

William Henry - 1842

William Pope - 1856

Wilpena - 1873

Windward - 1879 reference

Witness - 1853

Wollomai - 1882

Wongala - 1957

Yalata - 1909

Yatala - 1877

Yatala - 1891

Young Chief - 1881

Young EB - 1882

Young Edith unregistered - 1880

Young Foster - 1882

Young Galatea - 1872

Young Hebe - 1848

Young Lion - 1874

Young Queen - 1850 [Details]

Young St George - 1863

Young Surveyor - 1871

Privately owned ketches - 1920 - - 1940

Evaleeta - 1932

Heather Belle - 1920

Leeta May - 1932

Milleeta - 1934

Rooganah - 1927

Waimana - 1940