1/12Securing the Barcoo after it went aground north of Glenelg. Photo courtesy of Holdfast Bay History Centre
The day a warship washed ashore at Glenelg
A NAVAL frigate was driven ashore and a man was marooned at the end of Glenelg jetty when the worst storm in living memory lashed the district 70 years ago today.
2/12Photos of the damage from storms which lashed Glenelg beach on April 11, 1948. Picture: Holdfast Bay History Centre.
3/12Photos of the damage from storms which lashed Glenelg beach on April 11, 1948. . Pictures: Holdfast Bay History Centre.
4/12Adelaide experienced its fiercest storm on record on April 11, 1948, when winds reached 81 mph. Most spectacular event was the grounding of the naval frigate Barcoo after she had dragged her anchors off Glenelg. Pictured is the vessel aground about a mile north of Glenelg. Picture: The Advertiser
5/12One of the many casualties of a storm was this fishing cutter left in the sand at Glenelg beach, April 11, 1948. Two men are on board doing preliminary salvage work. Picture: The Advertiser
6/12What remained of the Glenelg jetty after the storm on April 11, 1948. The decking formerly extended from the right of the right-hand lamp standard past the left end of the Aquarium to the kiosk in the background. Picture: The Advertiser
7/12Crowds gather to watch work to refloat the survey frigate H.M.A.S. Barcoo ashore near Glenelg, After several failed attempts Barcoo was refloated on 20 April 1948. Source: State Library of SA 23132
8/12Glenelg mayor Jim Handby presenting Glenelg Lifesaving Club members cup for rescue efforts during 1948 hurricane storm.
9/12Neon Penfolds sign from Glenelg Jetty washed up at North Glenelg after the 1948 storm.
10/12The damage from storms which lashed Glenelg beach on April 11, 1948. Pictures: Holdfast Bay History Centre.
11/12HMAS Barcoo was driven ashore just north of Glenelg during the storms, April 11, 1948. Picture: Holdfast Bay History Centre.
12/12Following the storms which lashed Glenelg beach on April 11, 1948. Pictures: Holdfast Bay History Centre.
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