Another very hot day again here today and looking at the colour of the sky I think a storm is on its way. Hopefully along with a cool change too.
This is another photo taken on Monday in Newcastle. It is the wreck of the baroque Adolphe.
Adolphe was a four-masted steel barque built in 1902.
On 30 September 1904, the Adolphe was being towed through the entrance of Newcastle harbour by the tugs Hero and Victoria after an 85-day voyage in ballast from Antwerp under the command of Captain Lucas. Heavy seas prevented the tugs from holding her and after the tug hawser parted she was swept first on to the wreck of the Colonist, then battered by waves that forced her on top of other submerged wrecks on what was then called the Oyster Bank. The lifeboat hurried to the scene and within two hours all 32 of the crew had been taken off. The northern breakwater of the entrance to the port of Newcastle was extended after the loss of the Adolphe. The French consul made an official visit to Newcastle to recognise the efforts of the lifeboat crew.
When the breakwater was extended in 1906 and reached the remains of the Adolphe, her remaining two masts and jib-boom were removed for safety reasons. She is actually resting across the remains of SS Wendouree, wrecked in 1898, and SS Lindus, lost in 1899.
@annied Relaxing, you must be kidding. I am racing about like a blue ar%@d flea at the moment. If you come up here soon, I think I will be one of the wrecks. ha ha
This poor ship was only built four years before it sank to its watery grave.She is sitting on top of two other wrecks.