MV Cartela

MV Cartela about 1995
History
NameMV Cartela
BuilderPurdon & Featherstone
Launched1912
IdentificationIMO number5065160
StatusUndergoing renovation
General characteristics
Tonnage194 long tons (197 t)
Length123 feet (37 m)
Beam25 feet (7.6 m)
Draught8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m)

The MV Cartela is an excursion vessel operating on the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She is now Australia's oldest continuously-licensed passenger vessel, although there are several older vessels still in service that have been restored after lengthy periods in dereliction.

The Cartela is a motor vessel of 194 long tons (197 t) gross, 77 long tons (78 t) net register, and is 123 feet (37 m) in overall length (111 feet (34 m) keel).