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MV Lady Denman

Tourist attractions Maritime Ships

11 Dent St, Huskisson, NSW 2540

Description

MV Lady Denman Lady Denman is a former Sydney Harbour ferry built in 1912 for the Balmain New Ferry Company.

She was later run by Sydney Ferries Limited and its government successors. She is now preserved at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum near her original build site in Huskisson, New South Wales, Australia. She and four similar ferries, Lady Chelmsford (1910), Lady Edeline (1913), Lady Ferguson (1914), and Lady Scott (1914), were a new series of "Lady-class", designed by renowned naval architect, Walter Reeks. The five survived the 1932 opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and were all converted to diesel power that decade. They also survived the 1951 NSW State Government takeover of the ailing ferry fleet. Lady Denman was removed from ferry service in 1979 and donated for preservation. She is the last extant double-ended timber ferry, a type that was once prolific on Sydney Harbour.

Details

Museums: Maritime

Historical sites: Ships

Open Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Location

Jervis Bay Maritime Museum
11 Dent St, Huskisson, NSW 2540

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MV Lady Denman - Localista

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