Sydney RiverCat

Sydney RiverCats

Dawn Fraser in Darling Harbour in December 2014
Class overview
Builders:	NQEA Australia
Operators:	State Transit Authority Sydney Ferries Harbour City Ferries
Completed:	7
Active:	7
General characteristics
Type:	Catamaran
Length:	36.8 metres
Beam:	10.5 metres
Draught:	1.4 metres
Installed power:	2 x Detroit Diesel 8V92TA
Speed:	22 knots
Capacity:	230

The Sydney RiverCats are a class of catamarans operated by Harbour City Ferries on the Parramatta River.

History

Between 1992 and 1995, the State Transit Authority purchased seven RiverCats from NQEA Australia, Cairns to operate Parramatta River services. They replaced First Fleet class ferries on the Circular Quay to Meadowbank serice, as well as allowing services to be extended to Parramatta wharf from 1993. They were named after famous Australian female athletes.^[1][2][3]

Vessels

Name	Call Sign	MMSI	Shipyard No	Year in service	Namesake
Betty Cuthbert	18555	503376100		1992	Betty Cuthbert[4]
Dawn Fraser	18554	503376200		1992	Dawn Fraser[5]
Evonne Goolagong	18705	503376300		1993	Evonne Goolagong[6]
Shane Gould	18642	503376700	184	1993	Shane Gould
Marlene Mathews	18643	503376600	185	1993	Marlene Mathews
Marjorie Jackson	18706	503376400	186	1993	Marjorie Jackson
Nicole Livingstone	19044	503241900		1995	Nicole Livingstone

References

1. History Sydney Ferries
2. Parramatta RiverCat Ferry Services New South Wales Legislative Assembly Hansard 25 February 1992
3. Fifty Years of Sydney's Public Ferries Afloat Magazine June 2009
4. Betty Cuthbert Ferries of Sydney
5. Dawn Fraser Ferries of Sydney
6. Evonne Goolagong Ferries of Sydney

External links

Media related to Sydney RiverCats at Wikimedia Commons