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