HMAS Burra Bra
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Burra Bra was a Manly ferry on Sydney Harbour that operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company from 1908 until 1940, before being requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy for use as an an
Burra Bra as built, ca. 1909
Kuring-gai (1901) was the forerunner to the "Bingarra-type" vessels including Burra-Bra. Note the wheel houses located midships compared to Burra-Bra's at the ends of the sun deck.
The ferry, Burra Bra, (background) on Sydney Harbour with racing skiffs, c. 1920
At Woolloomooloo as an anti-submarine training ship for RAN during WW2
SS Balgowlah
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SS Balgowlah was a ferry on Sydney Harbour operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company on the Manly service from 1912 until 1951.
HMAS Burra Bra
…Launched on 17 June 1908, it was the second of six Binngarra type Manly ferries. Almost identical sister ship to Binngarra (1905), Bellubera (1910), Balgowlah (1912), Barrenjoey (1913 - later North Head, and Baragoola. At 59 metres in length and with a gross tonnage of 458 tons, she had a passenger capacity…
Balgowlah on Sydney Harbour
Under construction at Mort's Dock, Woolwich, May 1912