MV ''Shelley Taylor-Smith'' is a ferry owned by the Public Transport Authority and operated under contract by Captain Cook Cruises on

Transperth Transperth is the public transport system for Perth and surrounding areas in Western Australia. It is managed by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government organisation, and consists of train, bus and ferry services. Bus operat ...

services on the Swan River in

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia.

History

In February 1997, SBF Shipbuilders of South Coogee was awarded a contract to build a new ferry for

to replace . It entered service on 18 August 1997, and was named after long-distance swimmer

Shelley Taylor-Smith Shelley Taylor-Smith (born 3 August 1961) is a former Australian long-distance swimmer. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Taylor-Smith suffered from scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, throughout her school years. The condition requ ...

. Since the commissioning of in December 2019, ''Shelley Taylor-Smith'' has become the reserve vessel.New Transperth ferry enters service
Dongara Marine

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