 MV Countess II in November 2006
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| 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
[edit]Countess II was built by Dillingham Shipyards in North Fremantle for the Metropolitan Transport Trust. It entered service in October 1969 to replace Mayflower.[1][2] It was replaced by MV Phillip Pendal in 2009.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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