Lady Chelmsford
Lady Chelmsford as a diesel vessel in Mosman Bay, 1961 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | Lady Chelmsford |
| Namesake | Frances Thesiger, Viscountess Chelmsford |
| Operator |
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| Builder | Rock Davis, Blackwall, New South Wales |
| Launched | 14 April 1910 |
| Out of service | 1971 |
| Fate | Sank at her moorings 2008, broken up 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lady-class ferry, 3rd series |
| Displacement | 98 t (96 long tons; 108 short tons) |
| Length | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 9.80 ft (2.99 m) |
| Height | 24.70 ft (7.53 m) |
| Speed | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) (from 1957) |
| Capacity | 446 |
| Notes | |
Lady Chelmsford was a Sydney Harbour ferry built in 1910 for the Balmain New Ferry Company. She and four similar ferries, Lady Denman (1912), Lady Edeline (1913), Lady Ferguson (1914), and Lady Scott (1914), were a new series of "Lady-class" ferries designed by naval architect Walter Reeks.
Lady Chelmsford and her four sisters survived the 1932 opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and were converted to diesel power that decade. They also survived the 1951 NSW State Government takeover of the ailing ferry fleet.
Sold out of ferry service in 1971, Lady Chelmsford was rebuilt as a showboat in Adelaide and from 1985 she was used as a showboat in Melbourne. She sank at her moorings in Melbourne in 2008 and was broken up in 2011.