MV ''Kooleen'' was a

ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...

operated by the

Sydney Harbour Transport Board The Sydney Harbour Transport Board was a statutory of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of ferry services on Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from July 1951 until November 1974. History With its Port Jackson, Sydney Ha ...

and its successors in

Sydney Harbour Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a ria, natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which Sydney was built. It consists of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove River, Lane ...

History

When the

took over the

Sydney Ferries Limited Sydney Ferries Limited operated ferry services on Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from 1900 until June 1951. The company grew out of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company and took over smaller ferry operators to become the largest ferry operator i ...

business in July 1951, it inherited an old fleet in need of replacement. In 1954, an order was placed with the

State Dockyard The State Dockyard was a ship building and maintenance facility operated by the Government of New South Wales in Carrington, New South Wales, Carrington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia between 1942 and 1987. H ...

for a prototype new type of

. Delivered in 1956, the ''Kooleen'' was fully enclosed single-deck ferry with a high all-round view

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

. This was not popular with her passengers, who were used to double deck ferries with outdoor areas and thus no more were ordered. It would not be until the 1968 arrival of that renewal of the fleet would commence.MV Kooleen
Ferries of Sydney
''Afloat Magazine'' December 2006 The ''Kooleen'' remained in service until it was withdrawn in May 1985. In 1986 it was sold and converted to a

houseboat A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily for regular dwelling. Most houseboats are not motorized, as they are usually moored or kept stationary, fixed at a Berth (moorings), berth, and often tethered to ...

. After sinking several times, it was sold in 2003 with the proposal of it being sunk as a dive vessel. However, this was not to eventuate, and after sinking again in

Berrys Bay Berrys Bay is a bay located to the east of the Waverton Peninsula and the west of McMahons Point, on the north of Sydney Harbour. A number of ship building firms operate from the bay. History Shipbuilding William Alfred Dunn (1839 – 1915) ...

it was

broken up Ship breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship scrapping, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships either as a source of Interchangeable parts, parts, which can be sol ...

on site in July 2006.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kooleen Ferries of New South Wales Ferry transport in Sydney Ships built in New South Wales 1956 ships

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