This is a list of ferries that service (either currently or previously) the River Derwent and surrounds (such as the Huon River, Tasman Peninsula, and D'Entrecasteaux Channel around the Australian city of Hobart in the Australian island state of Tasmania.

Current

NameYear builtBuilderInitial ownershipCurrent ownership / fateMax. passengers
MV Excella (Peppermint Bay I / MR0) 2001Richardson Devine MarineNavigatorsDerwent Ferries80[1]
Ena (MR1 (Mona Roma)) 2015IncatMonaMona251
Freya (MR2)2018Richardson Devine MarineMonaMona
Peppermint Bay II2003Richardson Devine MarineGordon River CruisesPeppermint Bay Cruises167
Spirit of Hobart previously Southern Cross1982Hobart Historic CruisesHobart Historic Cruises150
ML Egeria (briefly HMAS TASMA)1941Purdon and FeatherstoneMarine Board of HobartMotor Yacht Club of Tasmania
MV Cuttlefish2020Richardson Devine MarineCuttlefish CruisesCuttlefish Cruises
MV Nairana (MV Bruny Island Ferry#1)2019Richardson Devine MarineSeaLink Travel GroupSeaLink Travel Group36 vehicles
MV Parrabah (MV Bruny Island Ferry#2)2020Richardson Devine MarineSeaLink Travel GroupSeaLink Travel Group36 vehicles
MV Marana2002Richardson Devine MarineNavigatorsPort Arthur Historic Site
Wild ThingKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
The ShearwaterKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
Silver GullKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
AlbatrossKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
Storm PetrelKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
Kirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
Kirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
Kirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesBruny Island Cruises and Tasman Island Cruises43
Sea DragonKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesIron Pot Cruises20
MinkeKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesIron Pot Cruises20
Little PenguinKirby MarinePennicott Wilderness CruisesIron Pot Cruises20
The Blade2015Alufab Marine & FabricationPennicott Wilderness CruisesPennicott Wilderness Cruises30
Southern Edge2019Alufab Marine & FabricationPennicott Wilderness CruisesPennicott Wilderness Cruises22

Previously

NameYear BuiltBuilderInitial OwnershipCurrent Ownership / FateMax. Passengers
MV Cartela 1912Purdon & FeatherstoneHuon, Channel & Peninsula Steamship CompanyFranklin, Tasmania500
MV Bundeena1946W Holmes BrosCaptain Robert RyallLavender Bay, Sydney[2]198
Surprise1889Tom PurdonUnknown
Success renamed Kathleenc. 1880Jacob Bailey ChandlerUnknown
ResultUnknown
Victoryc. 1880Jacob Bailey ChandlerUnknown
Silver Crown1889Bayes Bros, William BayesUnknown
Huon1892Unknown
Enterprise1872John ClarkUnknown
VS Kangaroo1903Lt-Governor William DenisonBellerive, Tasmania – sank 1929[3]
SS Derwent1905Unknown590
SS Rosny1913
SS LindisfarneUnknown
SS Reemere1910Purdon & FeatherstoneSeen trading in Vanuatu in 2010
Lurgurena1926Unknown
SS Lottah1901John WilsonUnknown
SS Ronnie1903Unknown
SS Breonec. 1910Frederick MooreUnknown
Bass1911Frederick MooreUnknown
SS BeagleUnknown6 vehicles
MV Emmalisa (Formally Regent Star, Nowra, Challenger Head, Kangaroo)1947Hobart Historic CruisesPort Huon, Tas
SS MaranaPurdon & FeatherstoneBecame a fishing trawler
MonarchSank at lime Kilns
EmuP Degraves & J GraySank New Norfolk, Tas Bridge 1897
Maweena1913Purdon & FeatherstoneBurnt Bellerive, Tas 1929
SS Togo renamed (HMAS Phillip)1905Fred MooreJames Rowe & SonsDecomm. 1931 – Gutted Mt. Direction, East Risdon 1946[4]500
MV Excella1912John DalgleishJames Rowe & SonsUnknown
SS Mangana previously George Peat1930Tasmanian Steam Navigation CompanyUnknown37 vehicles
SS Taranna1893Unknown120[5][6]
Ray Larsson1970Tamar Steel Boats, LauncestonUnknown
O’Hara Booth renamed Sydney1974Port Jackson120
PhoenixUnknown
Kosciusko 1911David Drake Limited, SydneySydney Ferries Limited, to Hobart 1975Prince of Wales Bay – Burnt[7]785
Lady Ferguson David Drake Limited, SydneySydney Ferries Limitedrotten and broken up 1975
Wakatere (hovercraft)1973Hovermarine, SouthamptonMatiatia, Wakatere, NZ – Scrapped
MV Matthew Brady 1973Sullivans Cove Ferry CompanyUnknown
MV James McCabe 1974Sullivans Cove Ferry CompanyUnknown
Lady Wakehurst 1974Carrington SlipwaysPublic Transport CommissionSolomon Islands[8]800
MV Martin Cash1975Bob CliffordSydney[9]
MV Jeremiah Ryan1977IncatUnknown
MV James Kelly1979IncatUnknown
H2O ExpressHobart Water TaxisBrisbane[10]30
SS Awittaka1910Huon, Channel & Peninsula Steamship CompanySold to the administration of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate
SS DoverUnknown
Rowitta1910Purdon & FeatherstoneFlagstaff Hill, Vic – demolished[11]
ML Gayclitec. 1943Unknown
ML Tarunac. 1910Charles Harold McKayUnknown
Melba1921Wilson BrosUnknown22 vehicles
MV CommodoreCygnet
MV WandererUnknown
MV Lady JaneCaptain Fells Historic CruisesAbandoned[12]
MV BowenBackspring Pty LtdSeaLink Travel Group30 vehicles
MV Moongalba 1974Stradbroke FerriesSeaLink Travel Group30 vehicles
MV Harry O May previously Man On1952Hong Kong United Dockyard, Hong KongLaunceston, Tas48 vehicles
MV Mirambeena 1991Tamar Steel Boats, LauncestonTasmanian GovernmentDisassembled 2022[13]74 vehicles

References

  1. FREE ferry to Salamanca Market 18 January 2019
  2. MV Bundeena History retrieved 1 January 2019
  3. Companion to Tasmanian History retrieved 1 January 2019
  4. Togo-Once Cock-O'-The-River Towed To Ships' Graveyard For Breaking Up 31 October 1946
  5. The Mercury, Hobart, Tas.Thursday 6 April 1893, passengers travel to South Arm for consecration of St.Barnabas
  6. SS Taranna, passing through the railway swing bridge at Bridgewater heading to New Norfolk, posted by Trainiac
  7. Half block ship model of Sydney screw steam ferry S S “Kosciusko “ retrieved 1 January 2019
  8. Squat new ferry Lady Wakehurst kept the Manly service afloat retrieved 1 January 2019
  9. Martin Cash Cruises retrieved 1 January 2019
  10. Hobart water taxi operator Rod Howard winds up after seven years of ‘feast or famine’ 25 March 2015
  11. The Removal of The Rowitta from Flagstaff Hill 22 April 2015
  12. It's stormy seas for ferry boss 16 December 2013
  13. What are your memories of the MV Mirambeena?

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