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The 63 ton schooner ''Postboy'' was built at Port Adelaide in 1874.〔'Post Boy', Australian National Shipwreck Database at https://apps5a.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=5664, retrieved 03/07/2012.〕 The schooner was owned by Messrs. Weman and Morgan and registered at Port Adelaide. She was a regular trading vessel between Port Adelaide and the gulf ports. Captain James Thomas was in charge of the schooner ''Postboy'' on 15 December 1876 about 11-12 miles (20 km) off Glenelg when a sudden squall struck. She was returning from Port MacDonnell, South Australia to Port Adelaide, South Australia, with a small cargo of bark and stone ballast and seven people on board. The wind pushed the vessel bodily over and she lay on her side with sails floating in the water, resulting in the loss of 6 lives.〔'Shipping Disasters; Wreck of the Schooner Postboy in St. Vincent's Gulf - Six Lives Lost,' South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 30 December 1876, page 5, 6〕 Captain James Thomas was drowned and his body was found on Kirkcaldy Beach on 26 December 1876.〔'Coroner's Inquests; The recent wreck in the Gulf - Finding of the body of the Captain,' The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Thursday 28 December 1876, page 6.〕 His wife Sarah was pregnant with daughter Edith Emily at the time. ''Postboy'' was refitted but was eventually wrecked at Arno Bay, South Australia after being driven ashore by a squall on 22 October 1905, and was said to have been burnt on the beach.〔'Boisterous weather in the Gulf: Work at Outer Harbour suspended,' The Register (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 28 October 1905, page 7.〕〔'The Marine Board', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Wednesday 20 December 1905, page 11.〕 The ship’s wreck site is protected by the South Australian ''Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981'' and is located at .〔'Post Boy', Australian National Shipwreck Database at https://apps5a.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=5664, retrieved 03/07/2012.〕 The figurehead of ''Postboy'' is in the South Australian Maritime Museum at Port Adelaide. The vessel ''One and All'', built at North Haven as part of South Australia's 150th jubilee project, is based on a design of the ''Postboy''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Postboy (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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