Barrenjoey
Vessel numberHV000168
Vessel Registration NumberJL512N
Official Number179745
Previous owner
Owen and Riley
Previous owner
Amalgamated Ferries
Previous owner
Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company
Date1919
DimensionsVessel Dimensions: 15 m x 13 m x 3.8 m x 1.1 m (49.22 ft x 42.65 ft x 12.47 ft x 3.61 ft)
Terms
- partially restored hull
- partially restored deck
- substantially restored superstructure
- paritally modified layout
- original gearbox
- original shaft
- motor launch
- ferries
- timber
- wood/fibreglass
- carvel
- timber plywood
- wood/fibreglass
- timber planked
- timber plywood
- monohull
- overhanging transom
- round bottom
- displacement
- launch deadwood
- skeg rudder
- internal
- cabin
- wheelhouse
- wheel
- motor vessel
- inboard
- diesel
- single
- operational
- floating
- photos
- references
- interviews
- local/community
- transport
- type/use
- builder
- period
- social
Beattie was a second generation shipwright. His father Edward initially worked for the Davis family but eventually built craft on his own account up until 1889 at the Beattie property called Palermo, on Cockle Creek at Brisbane Waters. Gordon restarted the yard at Palermo in 1916 when commissioned to build a ferry for John Murphy. More ferries followed including REGENT BIRD, which was later called KILCARE STAR.
The initial operators were Jack Owen and brothers-in-law William and Roy Riley, but they soon joined Murphy's service and became Amalgamated Ferries.
The ferry took the name BARRENJOEY in 1966 when the famous Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company bought the ferry to operate a service between Brooklyn and Dangar Island on the Hawkesbury River. It was retired and sold to Gordon Davey in 1974.
In 2012 it remains in use as a private motor launch. The superstructure has had considerable changes over its years of service, but the original hull remains intact with the addition of new sistered frames, new fastenings and exterior fibreglass reinforcement.
SignificanceBARRENJOEY is a wooden ferry that was built in NSW . It is an example of a ferry that was built in Brisbane Waters in 1919. It has a strong regional connection having operated there for over 50 years.
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