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The MV ''North Head'' (formerly SS ''Barrenjoey'') was a ferry operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company and its successors on the Manly service from 1913 until 1985. ==History== The ''North Head'' was built by Mort's Dock, Woolwich for the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company. Launched in 1913, it was the fifth of six Binngarra type vessels and nearly identical to the ''Balgowlah'' and ''Bellubera''. It was named after Barrenjoey at the northern tip of Pittwater. In 1930, received its first refit which saw much of the upper deck enclosed and the wheelhouses extended.〔(SS Barrenjoey/MV North Head ) Ferries of Sydney〕〔(Manly Ferries Balgowlah, Barrenjoey & Baragoola ) History Works December 2007〕 In 1948, it was withdrawn for a rebuild by Mort's Dock which included the replacement of its steam engines with British Thomson-Houston diesel-electric engines. It emerged on 7 May 1951 having been renamed ''North Head''. In 1964, it was sent to Melbourne for the Moomba Festival for six weeks. It returned to Melbourne in 1965 and 1967.〔〔〔 ''North Head'' was included in the sale of the business to Brambles in April 1972, and again to the Public Transport Commission in December 1974.〔〔 With the ''Freshwater'' class ferries having settled down, ''North Head'' was withdrawn on 12 December 1985, 72 years after entering service. On 26 March 1987, ''North Head'' departed under its own steam for Hobart for use as a floating restaurant and convention centre. In 2000, it was sold and moved to Cairns to be used in the same manner. However, after the venture failed, the ship rotted in a Cairns dock until 2005, when it was sold on eBay to a landscape contractor.〔〔 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「MV North Head」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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