List of Sydney Ferries vessels

Last updated September 01, 2020

Sydney Ferries is a brand name for a commuter ferry service operated by Harbour City Ferries across Sydney Harbour, Australia using seven distinguishable ferry classes. Currently, Sydney Ferries operates 32 vessels, with the oldest continually operating ships dating to the mid-1980s, and the youngest of the fleet dating to 2017. Thirteen of the ships in the high-speed, low-capacity RiverCat, SuperCat, and HarbourCat classes are named after figures in Australian sporting and public life (except for one vessel named SuperCat 4, never given a specific name.) Thirteen in the mid-speed, high-capacity Freshwater class and low-speed, low-capacity First-fleet class are named after beaches in the Northern Beaches region, and ships of the First Fleet, respectively. A new Emerald class of six ships, most named after figures in Australian public life, was commissioned into service from 2017 onwards, with all six built and currently in service on Sydney Harbour. These ferries were named after submissions from the public apart from Bungaree and Pemulwuy. The name of the last, Ferry McFerryface caused controversy. Its commissioning was delayed, entering service late 2017 and renamed May Gibbs in January 2018.^[1]

Sydney Ferries fleet^[4]
Vessel	Class	Service	Capacity	Speed	Length	Displacement	Routes	Origin of name
Collaroy	Freshwater	1988	1150	15 kn	70.4 m	1140 t	Manly	Collaroy Beach
Freshwater	Freshwater	1982	1100	15 kn	70.4 m	1150 t	Manly	Freshwater Beach
Narrabeen	Freshwater	1984	1100	15 kn	70.4 m	1150 t	Manly	Narrabeen Beach
Queenscliff	Freshwater	1983	1150	15 kn	70.4 m	1140 t	Manly	Queenscliff Beach
Alexander	First Fleet	1985	393	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Alexander, part of the 1787 First Fleet
Borrowdale	First Fleet	1985	393	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Borrowdale , part of the 1787 First Fleet
Charlotte	First Fleet	1985	393	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Charlotte , part of the 1787 First Fleet
Fishburn	First Fleet	1985	403	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Fishburn, part of the 1787 First Fleet
Friendship	First Fleet	1986	403	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Friendship , part of the 1787 First Fleet
Golden Grove	First Fleet	1986	403	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Golden Grove, part of the 1787 First Fleet
Scarborough	First Fleet	1986	403	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	Scarborough , part of the 1787 First Fleet
Sirius	First Fleet	1984	393	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	HMS Sirius, flagship of the 1787 First Fleet
Supply	First Fleet	1984	393	12 kn	25.38 m	105 t	Inner Harbour, Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island Eastern Suburbs	HMS Supply, part of the 1787 First Fleet
Betty Cuthbert	RiverCat	1992	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Betty Cuthbert, athlete
Dawn Fraser	RiverCat	1992	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Dawn Fraser, swimmer
Evonne Goolagong	RiverCat	1993	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Evonne Goolagong, tennis player
Marlene Mathews	RiverCat	1993	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Marlene Mathews, athlete
Marjorie Jackson	RiverCat	1993	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Marjorie Jackson, athlete
Nicole Livingstone	RiverCat	1995	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Nicole Livingstone, swimmer
Shane Gould	RiverCat	1993	230	22 kn	36.8 m	41 t	Parramatta River	Shane Gould, swimmer
Anne Sargeant	HarbourCat	1998	150	22 kn	29.6 m	35 t	Inner Harbour, Parramatta	Anne Sargeant, netballer
Pam Burridge	HarbourCat	1998	150	22 kn	29.6 m	35 t	Inner Harbour, Parramatta	Pam Burridge, surfer
Louise Sauvage	SuperCat	2001	250	26 kn	37.76 m	49 t	Eastern Suburbs	Louise Sauvage, paralympian
Saint Mary MacKillop	SuperCat	2000	250	26 kn	37.76 m	49 t	Eastern Suburbs	Saint Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint, canonised in 2010
SuperCat4	SuperCat	2001	250	26 kn	37.76 m	49 t	Eastern Suburbs	Fourth SuperCat Ferry^{[ citation needed ]}
Susie O’Neill	SuperCat	2000	250	26 kn	37.76 m	49 t	Eastern Suburbs	Susie O’Neill, swimmer
Catherine Hamlin^[5]	Emerald	2017	400	26 kn	36.38 m	40 t	Eastern Suburbs, Inner Harbour	Catherine Hamlin, obstetrician and gynaecologist
Fred Hollows	Emerald	2017	400	26 kn	36.38 m	40 t	Eastern Suburbs, Inner Harbour	Fred Hollows, ophthalmologist ^[6]
Victor Chang	Emerald	2017	400	26 kn	36.38 m	40 t	Eastern Suburbs, Inner Harbour	Victor Chang, cardiac surgeon ^[7]
Pemulwuy	Emerald	2017	400	26 kn	36.38 m	40 t	Eastern Suburbs, Inner Harbour	Pemulwuy, Aboriginal political leader and elder ^[8]
Bungaree	Emerald	2017	400	26 kn	36.38 m	40 t	Eastern Suburbs, Inner Harbour	Bungaree, Aboriginal explorer and leader
May Gibbs^[9]	Emerald	2017	400	26 kn	36.38 m	40 t	Eastern Suburbs, Inner Harbour	May Gibbs ^[1]

Freshwater class ferry
Queenscliff
First Fleet class ferry Scarborough
RiverCat class ferry
Betty Cuthbert
HarbourCat class ferry
Anne Sargeant
SuperCat class ferry
SuperCat 4
Emerald class ferry

Past Fleet

Vessel	Class	Comm.
Lady Cutler	Lady Class	10 August 1968
Lady Woodward	Lady Class	19 October 1970
Lady McKel	Lady Class	19 October 1970
Lady Wakehurst	Lady Class	1974
Lady Northcott	Lady Class	30 January 1975
Lady Street	Lady Class	8 May 1979
Lady Herron	Lady Class	23 August 1979
Blue Fin	Jetcat	16 July 1990
Sir David Martin	Jetcat	21 December 1990
Sea Eagle	Jetcat	19 March 1991

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References

1 2 Ferry McFerryface wasn't public pick for new ferry name until Andrew Constance's captain's pick Daily Telegraph 30 January 2018
↑ "New ferries to cater for population boom along Parramatta River". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 2017.
↑ Purchase of new ferries for Sydney's busy Parramatta River shelved Sydney Morning Herald 2 January 2019
↑ Sydney Ferries Fleet Facts Archived 12 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 15 April 2014
↑ "Catherine Hamlin in Hobart – 35m Passenger Catamaran". Incat. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
↑ Incat ferries bound for Denmark & Sydney Harbour The Mercury 21 April 2017
↑ Victor Chang Marine Traffic
↑ NSW, Transport for (30 August 2017). "Pemulwuy arrives in Sydney Harbour". www.transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
↑ Raper, Asleigh (31 January 2018). "Ferry McFerryface gets renamed to May Gibbs". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 8 November 2018.

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[gibbs-1] 1 2 Ferry McFerryface wasn't public pick for new ferry name until Andrew Constance's captain's pick Daily Telegraph 30 January 2018

[2] "New ferries to cater for population boom along Parramatta River". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 2017.

[3] Purchase of new ferries for Sydney's busy Parramatta River shelved Sydney Morning Herald 2 January 2019

[Fleet-4] Sydney Ferries Fleet Facts Archived 12 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 15 April 2014

[5] "Catherine Hamlin in Hobart – 35m Passenger Catamaran". Incat. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[6] Incat ferries bound for Denmark & Sydney Harbour The Mercury 21 April 2017

[7] Victor Chang Marine Traffic

[8] NSW, Transport for (30 August 2017). "Pemulwuy arrives in Sydney Harbour". www.transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[9] Raper, Asleigh (31 January 2018). "Ferry McFerryface gets renamed to May Gibbs". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 8 November 2018.

List of Sydney Ferries vessels

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