Balgowlah on Sydney Harbour
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History | |
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Name | Balgowlah |
Namesake | Balgowlah |
Owner | Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company |
Operator | Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company |
Port of registry | Sydney |
Route | Manly |
Builder | Mort's Dock, Balmain |
Cost | £26,000 |
Yard number | 38 |
Laid down | 1911 |
Launched | 18 June 1912 |
In service | 28 November 1912 |
Out of service | 27 February 1951 |
Identification | Official number 131538[1] |
Fate | Scuttled |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Binngarra class ferry |
Tonnage | 499 GRT |
Length | 64.00 m (210 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 10.00 m (33 ft) |
Draught | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
Decks | 2 |
Speed | 15 kn (27.78 km/h) maximum speed |
Capacity | 1,517 |
SS Balgowlah was a ferry on Sydney Harbour operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company on the Manly service from 1912 until 1951.