South Steyne ex Manly ferry 2-1-11 Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2025
- S.S. South Steyne built 1938 at Leith near Edinburgh, Scotland for the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company. Boarded up, she sailed from Leith to Sydney under her own steam in 64 days. This company ran a tourist/commuter ferry service from the Sydney CBD to the seaside Sydney suburb of Manly, a 10km trip including about 1km exposure to Pacific Ocean swell, usually calm, ocassionally very rough. She also ran ocean cruises up the coast to Broken Bay from 1953 to 1973. Built at 1,203 tons with 1,781 passenger capacity. South Steyne gets her name from the southern end on Manly (ocean) Beach and she was flagship Manly ferry in Sydney from 1938 to 1974 when arson destroyed most of her upper deck two days prior to government selection for two of the remaining three vessels when the service became government run. Various restoration attempts culminated in a major refit in Ballina in 1985 for work as a function centre in Melbourne (brief), then Newcastle, finally returning to Sydney in 1995. Video at Darling Harbour 2 January 2011. SEE PART 1 FOR EXTERNAL
That engine room. As a kid used to watch things moving up & down...
I remember being fascinated by the open engine room as a kid and standing there with a block Cadbury's chocolate in my pocket and it melted!.Sadly we will never know who sabotaged this great vessel in 73/74. At least we still have her and in Sydney. The pride of the Fleet of PJ&MSSCo.
Was the arsonist never caught
My dad designed the interiors of this boat in 1987
Why can the South Steyne not be restored to operational condition