MV Narrabeen passing Kirribilli House
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History | |
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Name: | MV Narrabeen |
Namesake: | Narrabeen Beach |
Owner: | Government of New South Wales |
Operator: | Harbour City Ferries |
Port of registry: | Sydney |
Route: | Manly ferry services |
Ordered: | 1983 |
Builder: | Newcastle State Dockyard |
Cost: | $8.9 million |
Launched: | 1984 |
Status: | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Freshwater class ferry |
Displacement: | 1,140 tons (loaded) |
Length: | 70.4 m (231 ft) |
Beam: | 13.06 m (42.8 ft) |
Draught: | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
Decks: | 2 |
Capacity: | 1,100 |
Crew: | 6 |
Notes: | Double ended single hull of welded steel construction. Welded aluminium alloy superstructure. |
MV Narrabeen is one of four Freshwater class ferries that operate the Manly ferry service between Circular Quay and Manly on Sydney Harbour. The ferry is owned by the Government of New South Wales and operated by Harbour City Ferries. It is named after Narrabeen Beach on Sydney's Northern Beaches.