Open daily 10am - 3pm (weather permitting
Closed if forecast 36+)
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Cost $20pp, $30 couple, Under 16 years free.
(No charge for model ship Gallery at Info Centre).
Bookings not required (except for large club groups, which can book for anytime).
Lots of free parking
Adults with young children are responsible for their supervision, to ensure their safety, and for the comfort of other visitors.
Daily tours 10am - 3pm
Open Public Holidays (except Christmas Day)
2.30pm last entry into ship. Please note : stairs into ship
No tours if forecast is 36 degrees+
CLIPPER SHIP CITY OF ADELAIDE
Dock 2, Honey St, Port Adelaide (extension of Ocean Steamers Rd)
The world's oldest surviving composite clipper ship
ABOUT THE CITY OF ADELAIDE
The Clipper Ship City of Adelaide is the world's oldest clipper ship. Built in Sunderland, England, and launched on 7 May 1864.
City of Adelaide was built by William Pile, Hay and Co. for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia. Between 1864 and 1887 the ship made 23 annual return voyages from London and Plymouth to Adelaide, South Australia. During this period she played an important part in the immigration of Australia.
On the return voyages she carried passengers, wool, and copper from Adelaide and Port Augusta to London.
Moving closer to a permanent home
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27 Sept 2019. Agreement signed between SA Government & Clipper Ship for Dock 2 to be permanent home, and location of a Seaport Village. Relocation will take place by the end of the year. See more details here.
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The South Australian Government in 2017 released a strategy to preserve the maritime heritage in Port Adelaide
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Dock 2 has been identified as the preferred site for the City of Adelaide clipper ship and other historic ships. Negotiations are underway in 2019
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A schematic of a possible layout of Dock 2 can be seen below. Click on image to enlarge
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The move to Dock 2 occurred on Friday 29 November 2019
The new location of the City of Adelaide from 29 November 2019 on Dock 2
