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The Lady class is a class of ferry operated by Harbour City Ferries and its predecessors on Sydney Harbour. ==History== In late 1967, the Sydney Harbour Transport Board placed an order for three ferries with the State Dockyard, Newcastle. Continuing the tradition of naming ferries after the wives of the Governors of New South Wales, was launched on on 10 August 1968 and arrived in Sydney on 19 September 1968.〔(Fifty Years of Sydney's Public Ferries ) ''Afloat Magazine'' May 2009〕〔(History ) Lady Cutler〕 It was followed in 1970 by ''Lady Woodward'' and ''Lady McKell''.〔(History ) Victoria Star〕 These two differed from ''Lady Cutler'' in having reverse sloped wheelhouses.〔 In 1974/75, two enlarged versions were built by Carrington Slipways, ''Lady Wakehurst'' and ''Lady Northcott''. These were followed in 1979 by ''Lady Street'' and ''Lady Herron'' that were built at the State Dockyard.〔〔〔(Sydney Ferries Fleet Facts ) Transport for NSW〕 Following a fire that gutted the ''South Steyne'' in August 1974, the ''Lady Wakehurst'' and ''Lady Northcott'' were pressed into on the Manly service after having their bows built up to contend with the rougher conditions while crossing Sydney Heads and extra gangway openings cut into the upper deck. Following the Tasman Bridge disaster, ''Lady Wakehurst'' was sent to Hobart in January 1975 to operate services on the River Derwent, not returning until November 1977.〔〔〔(Squat new ferry Lady Wakehurst kept the Manly service afloat ) ''Manly Daily 31 October 2014〕 In the 1990s, the first three were withdrawn and placed in store at Rozelle Bay. A deal to sell them to Hong Kong fell through. Today, ''Lady Cutler'' and ''Lady McKell'' operate as cruise vessels on Port Phillip, the latter having had one wheelhouse removed and renamed ''Victoria Star''.〔〔(Home ) Victoria Star Cruises〕 ''Lady Woodward'' was sold to Tasmania and converted for use as a salmon farm tender vessel. In 2010, it was sold to Tin Can Bay for use as a houseboat.〔(Introducing the Bay's new Lady ) ''Fraser Coast Chronicle'' 24 December 2010〕 ''Lady Wakehurst'' was sold to Auckland in 1997, before returning to Sydney in 2001. It briefly returned to the Manly run in 2006 when chartered by Sydney Ferries. It moved to the Solomon Islands in 2011.〔 ''Lady Street'' was withdrawn in October 2002.〔(Lady's not for returning: budget worries cuts ferry fleet ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 17 September 2003〕 Today ''Lady Northcott'' and ''Lady Herron'' remain in service with Harbour City Ferries, mainly on the Taronga Zoo service. ==Vessels== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady-class ferry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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