Kanangra (ferry)

Kanangra in Mosman Bay, 1910s
History
Name	Kanangra
Operator	Sydney Ferries Limited Sydney Harbour Transport Board Public Transport Commission Urban Transit Authority
Port of registry	Sydney
Builder	Mort's Dock
Cost	£17,873
Launched	14 August 1912
Out of service	1985
Identification	131544[1]
Fate	under restoration
General characteristics
Tonnage	295 tonnes
Length	45.7 m
Beam	9.7 m
Decks	2
Propulsion	as built triple-expansion steam. Crossley diesel (from 1959)
Capacity	945

Kanangra is a retired ferry on Sydney Harbour. She was launched in 1912 during the early-twentieth century pre-Sydney Harbour Bridge boom years of Sydney Ferries Limited.

She and her close "sister" ferry, Kirawa (also 1912), were the first of four steel-hulled "K-class" ferries, the majority of which were timber-hulled. Both 45 metres in length and with passenger capacities of over 1,000 passengers each, the two were among the largest of the Sydney Ferries Limited fleet and they mainly served the busy Cremorne and Mosman routes.

Kanangra was retired as a ferry in 1985 and is moored at Rozelle Bay as part of the Sydney Heritage Fleet and is undergoing restoration. It is the last remaining ferry built for Sydney Ferries Limited in the early twentieth century pre-Sydney Harbour Bridge peak.

Sydney Ferries Limited generally chose Australian Aboriginal names for the early twentieth "K-class" steamers. "Kanangra" is thought to mean "beautiful view".