SS Kooroongaba
![]() Kooroongaba on Sydney Harbour, 1920s
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Name | Kooroongaba |
Owner | Sydney Ferries Limited, Department of Main Roads |
Port of registry | Sydney (1921-1932), Newcastle (1932-1971) |
Route | Circular Quay-Jeffrey Street Newcastle-Stockton |
Builder | Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works, Newcastle |
Yard number | 55 |
In service | 1921 |
Out of service | 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Vehicle ferry |
Tonnage | 313 tons |
Length | 137 ft (42 m) |
Beam | 35.9 ft (10.9 m) |
SS Kooroongaba was a vehicle ferry built for Sydney Ferries Limited. It later operated in Newcastle.
History[]
Kooroongaba was built by the Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works, Newcastle for Sydney Ferries Limited to operate vehicle ferry services from Circular Quay to Jeffrey Street.[1] Made redundant by the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, Kooroongabba was then used as a cargo carrier.[2][3]
It was then sold to the Department of Main Roads and moved to Newcastle to operate as a vehicle ferry between Kooragang and Stockton. It remained in service until replaced by the Stockton Bridge in November 1971.[3][4][5] It was sold in 1972 to the Philippines but sank off Crowdy Head while under tow.[2][6]
References[]
- ^ The Newcastle - Stockton Vehicular Ferry Main Roads November 1932 page 27
- ^ a b SS Kooroongabba Ferries of Sydney
- ^ a b The Kooroongabba Bill Bottomley
- ^ Newcastle - Stockton Vehicular Ferry Service Main Roads September 1972 pages 29-31
- ^ The End of an Era Trolley Wire issue 139 April 1972 pages 10-17
- ^ "Manila tug to make last bid to free Sydney ferry" Sydney Morning Herald 16 January 1972
External links[]
Media related to IMO 5416242 at Wikimedia Commons
- Ferries of New South Wales
- Ferry transport in Sydney
- Iron and steel steamships of Australia
- Ships built in New South Wales
- Shipwrecks of the Mid North Coast Region
- 1921 ships