MV Newcastle-on-Hunter/Birkenhead Explorer
A special project of the Ferries of Sydney
| Type : |
Wooden motor vessel |
| Launched : |
1946 |
| Builder : |
W Ryan Taree, NSW |
| Gross : |
43 tons |
| Dimensions : |
52.2 x 17.0 x 5.9 (feet) |
| Passenger capacity : |
162 |
| Speed : |
unknown |
Built as the Newcastle-on-Hunter for Stockton Ferries Ltd, this vessel operated between Stockton and Newcastle until the government takeover in 1980. Sold to G & S Davey along with her running mate John H Walter (Birkenhead II), she then operated between Pier One and various other wharves to Birkenhead Point from 1983 until sometime after 1988 when Sydney Ferries began operating the route.