MV Georgette

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NameMV Georgette
NamesakeGeorgette Adams
Owner Transperth
OperatorTransperth
Route Barrack Street - Mends Street
BuilderAlf Jahansteen, Forster
In service9 February 1981
General characteristics
Length15.0 metres
Beam4.5 metres
Decks1
Propulsion Gardner 5LW
Speed19 knots
Capacity92
Crew2

MV Georgette was a ferry owned by Transperth on the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.

History

Georgette was built in 1981 by Alf Jahansen in Forster as Bardoo for use on Wallis Lake. However its draft was too great to cross sandbars at low tide, so in December 1981 it was sold for use on Port Hacking in Sydney. It was sold again in October 1982 to the Metropolitan Transport Trust and moved by road to be by refurbished by Precision Marine, North Fremantle. [1] [2]

It entered service on 5 July 1984, replacing Vlaming as backup ferry for MV Countess II. It was named Georgette after Georgette Adams, the long-time secretary of the Metropolitan Transport Trust's managing director. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Georgette Joins MTT Fleet MTT Quarterly September 1984 pages 1/2
  2. Ferries Electric Traction December 1984 page 233
  3. MTT News Rattler issue 146 September 1984 page 8
  4. glmrsnsw (2018), GEORGETTE ex BARDOO, Swan R. 1999. GKA (1) , retrieved 26 February 2023