Emu (II) / Brightside (ferry)

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Sydney ferries BRIGHTSIDE and MANLY (behind) towards Circular Quay.jpg
Brightside approaching Circular Quay, Sydney
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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgCivil Ensign of Australia.svg
Name
  • 1865: Emu
  • 1887: Brightside
Owner
  • 1865: Queensland SN Co
  • 1868: Australasian SN Co
  • 1877: Port Jackson Steam Boat Co
  • 1881: Port Jackson Steamship Co
  • 1898: Port Jackson Co-operative SS Co
  • 1907: Port Jackson & Manly SS Co
Port of registry
Builder A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow
Yard number12
Launched
  • March 1864 in Scotland
  • 5 August 1865 in Queensland
Completed1865
Out of service1902 converted to cargo ship
IdentificationUK official number 52221
FateBurnt out 1908, scrapped 1909
General characteristics
Typepassenger ferry
Tonnage270  GRT, 212  NRT
Length170.8 ft (52.1 m)
Beam22.1 ft (6.7 m)
Draught5.1 ft (1.6 m)
Installed power70 NHP
Propulsion2 × inverted diagonal steam engines
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Capacity800 passengers

Emu, later Brightside, was an iron-hulled paddle steamer that was built in Scotland in 1864 for using in Australia. For her first few years, she worked on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay. From 1868, she was a local ferry in Sydney Harbour. From 1902, she was a cargo ship. She was scrapped in Sydney in 1909.

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Building

A. & J. Inglis built Emu in Pointhouse, Glasgow, launching her in March 1864. She was then dismantled and transported as a "knock-down ship" to be reassembled in Australia. The steamship Platypus brought her in sections from Scotland to Queensland, where she was reassembled at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. She was re-launched on 5 August 1865. [1]

Emu's registered length was 170.8 ft (52.1 m), her beam was 22.1 ft (6.7 m) and her draught was 5.1 ft (1.6 m). Her tonnages were 270  GRT and 212  NRT. She had a pair of two-cylinder inverted diagonal steam engines, which between them were rated at 70 NHP. She was a double-ended craft, with at rudder at each end. [1] She was capable of 10 knots (19 km/h).[ citation needed ]

Career

Emu's first owner was the Queensland Steam Navigation Company, which registered her in Brisbane. [1] She worked on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay.[ citation needed ]

In 1868, the Australasian Steam Navigation Company (ASNC) acquired Emu, registered her in Melbourne [1] and operated her on Port Phillip. [2] Later that year, the ASNC moved her to Sydney and re-registered her. [1]

From January 1877, the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company operated her on Sydney Harbour on the Manly route alongside the ferries PS Brighton, Sydney's biggest paddle steamer, and Fairlight. In 1887, the company renamed her Brightside. [1] In June 1897, she sank at Neutral Bay. Later on, she was raised, and returned to service that year. In 1902, she was converted into a cargo ship. She continued working on the Manly route until 1908 when she was gutted by fire. Her hull was converted to a lighter, but in 1909, she was scrapped. Her engines were used in a sawmill.[ citation needed ]

See also

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Emu". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Port Phillip", Wikipedia, 26 May 2023, retrieved 16 July 2023

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