The Kirrule-type ferries - Kiandra, Kirrule and Kubu - were three identical K-class ferries that operated on Sydney Harbour by Sydney Ferries Limited.
Kiandra as built, in her original livery
Kubu arriving at Mosman Bay wharf, c. 1920
Kubu after collision with Barrenjoey
Kiandra after a collision with the Curl Curl, Sydney, 1 May 1930
The K-class ferries were a group of double-ended screw steam ferries run by Sydney Ferries Limited and its government successors on Sydney Harbour. The company introduced more than two dozen of the vessels from the 1890s through to the early twentieth century to meet the booming demand for ferry services across Sydney Harbour prior to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932.
Five K-class ferries at Circular Quay in the 1920s. In the foreground is Koree (1902) and Koompartoo (1922) in the background left
K-class ferries, and two Manly ferries (top right) in Sydney Cove
Kangaroo in Neutral Bay
as Waringa (circa 1905-1907)