MV Princess II

History
Name	MV Princess II
Owner	Metropolitan Transport Trust / Transperth Department of Transport
Operator	Captain Cook Cruises
Route	Barrack Street – Mends Street
Builder	Hofland Engineering
In service	October 1973
Out of service	1998
General characteristics
Length	17.1 metres
Capacity	100

MV Princess II was a ferry operated under contract by Captain Cook Cruises on Transperth services on the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.

History

Princess II was built by Hofland Engineering for the Metropolitan Transport Trust to run the Barrack Street Jetty to South Perth, Western Australia ferry route. ^[1] It entered service in October 1973 to replace Valhalla. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

It was replaced in 1997 by MV Shelley Taylor-Smith. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. New Vessel Electric Traction July 1973 page 15
2. New Ferry in Service on Swan MTT Quarterly January 1974 page 3
3. Ferry Services Electric Traction February 1974 page 14
4. Facelift for a Ferry MTT Quarterly June 1982 page 6
5. "Contract awarded for new Transperth ferry". Media Statements. 12 February 1997. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
6. "New Perth ferry to be named after Shelley Taylor-Smith". Media Statements. 18 August 1997. Retrieved 30 August 2024.