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Adelaide, (late Delia Josephine), 1827
Type: Schooner (former slaver);
Purchased 1827 for use as a tender on the Brazils Station ;
Notes:
Rio Janeiro March 3. 1833 Arrived today from Cape Frio, leaving the Lightning to bring up the guns and other stores from the wreck of the Thetis.
Adelaide, 1848
Type: Steam Tug ;
Acquired 1848 for the use of the government at Adelaide, SA ;
Notes:
24 Jul 1848 Inspected Woolwich, Second Master Commander Charles R.P Forbes.
28 July 1848 Departed for Greenhithe and Portsmouth
29 Sep 1848 Adelaide leaves Plymouth crewed by RN personnel.
7 Mar 1849 Arrives Adelaide, via Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope.
26 Mar 1849 Officers and seamen ex-Adelaide arrive at Sydney as passengers in the Emma, brig of 128 tons.