MV Countess II
Appearance
History | |
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Name | MV Countess II |
Owner | Public Transport Authority |
Operator | Captain Cook Cruises |
Route | Barrack Street - Mends Street |
Builder | Dillingham Shipyards |
In service | October 1969 |
Out of service | 2009 |
General characteristics | |
Length | 20.1 metres |
Beam | 4.3 metres |
Capacity | 100 |
MV Countess II was a ferry owned by the Public Transport Authority and operated under contract by Captain Cook Cruises on Transperth services on the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.
History
Countess II was built by Dillingham Shipyards in North Fremantle for the Metropolitan Transport Trust. It entered service in October 1969 to replace the Mayflower.[1][2] It was replaced by the Philip Pendal in 2009.[3][4]
References
- ^ Ferries Sail Into The Clear MTT Quarterly January 1970 pages 5-8
- ^ Facelift for a Ferry MTT Quarterly June 1982 page 6
- ^ No South Perth train station until 2013 - PTA WAtoday 29 October 2008
- ^ Flash young model to hit the Swan WAtoday 2 March 2009