Harbour City Ferry Queenscliff on route to Manly!

Builder: Newcastle State Dockyard
Launched: 1983[1]
In service: 9 July 1983

General characteristics
Class and type: Freshwater class ferry
Displacement: 1140 tons (loaded)
Length: 70.4 m (231 ft)
Beam: 13.06 m (42.8 ft)
Draught: 3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propulsion: 2x Daihatsu 8DSM-32 diesel engines, each rated at 2,200 kilowatts (3,000 shp), driving two Lipstronic propulsion control system (LIPS) variable pitch propellers[2]
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h) (two engines)
Capacity: 1100
Crew: 6