The MV ''Kooleen'' was a ferry operated by the
Sydney Harbour Transport Board
The Sydney Harbour Transport Board was a statutory of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of ferry services on Sydney Harbour from July 1951 until November 1974.
History
With its Sydney Harbour services having become ...
and its successors on
Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea (p ...
.
History
When the
Sydney Harbour Transport Board
The Sydney Harbour Transport Board was a statutory of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of ferry services on Sydney Harbour from July 1951 until November 1974.
History
With its Sydney Harbour services having become ...
took over the
Sydney Ferries Limited business in July 1951, it inherited an old fleet in need of replacement. In 1954, an order was placed with the
State Dockyard for a prototype new type of ferry. Delivered in 1956, the ''Kooleen'' was fully enclosed single-deck ferry with a high all-round view bridge. This was not popular with her passengers, who were used to double deck ferries with outdoor areas and thus no more were ordered. It would not be until the 1968 arrival of the ''
Lady Cutler
MV ''Lady Cutler'' was a Lady-class ferry on Sydney Harbour services for 22 years. Retired from Sydney ferry service in 1991, she has since been refurbished and now operates tours on Port Phillip, Melbourne.
Design and construction
MV ''Lady Cu ...
'' that renewal of the fleet would commence.
[MV Kooleen]
Ferries of Sydney
''Afloat Magazine'' December 2006
The ''Kooleen'' remained in service until it was withdrawn in May 1985. In 1986 it was sold and converted to a houseboat. After sinking several times, it was sold in 2003 with the proposal of it being sunk as a dive vessel. However this was not to eventuate, and after sinking again in
Berrys Bay
Berrys Bay is a bay located to the east of the Waverton Peninsula and the west of McMahons Point, on the north of Sydney Harbour.
A number of ship building firms operate from the bay.
History
In 2008 the Government of New South Wales called for ...
it was broken up on site in July 2006.
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See also
* List of Sydney Harbour ferries
Sydney Harbour's first ferries were sail and/or oar powered, but by the mid-19th century, paddle steamers were well established. Double-ended ferries became common as they did not require turning at terminating wharves in Sydney's busy but nar ...
* Timeline of Sydney Harbour ferries
Sydney Harbour ferry services date back to the first years of Sydney's European settlement. Slow and sporadic boats ran along the Parramatta River from Sydney to Parramatta and served the agricultural settlements in between. By the mid-1830s, sp ...
References
External links
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Ferries of New South Wales
Ferry transport in Sydney
Ships built in New South Wales
1956 ships