State Dockyard

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State Dockyard
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The State Dockyard was a ship building and maintenance facility operated by the Government of New South Wales in Carrington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia between 1942 and 1987.

History

In 1942, the State Dockyard opened on the site of the Government Dockyard at Dyke Point in Newcastle that had closed in 1933. Officially the New South Wales Government Engineering & Shipbuilding Undertaking, it was universally referred to as the State Dockyard. The dockyard facility was located at Carrington on Newcastle Harbour, on 11 ha (27 acres) of land in addition to the ship repairs site on 3 ha (7 acres).[1][2]

The dockyard launched its first vessel in July 1943. By the end of World War II, it had launched two ships for the Royal Australian Navy and 22 vessels for the United States and had repaired six hundred ships.[1]

With the cessation of large scale shipbuilding, in the 1970s it diversified into other engineering disciplines. In November 1986 a team of apprentices from the Hunter Valley Training Company completed a three-year overhaul of steam locomotive 3801 at the dockyard.[3] The dockyard closed on 3 March 1987.[1]

A 15,000 ton floating dock was located at Carrington in 1943 to repair damaged ships during World War II. The floating dock was scrapped in 1977 and replaced with a new one built in Japan called Muloobinba, which was eventually sold overseas in 2012.

Ships built

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Princess of Tasmania under construction in 1958
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Sydney Ferries' Freshwater at Balmain depot in July 2013

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Surviving ships

As of September 2025, the surviving State Dockyard built ships still in service are the Manly ferries Freshwater and Queenscliff, which are operated by Transdev Sydney Ferries. Former Sydney Harbour ferries Lady Cutler and Lady McKell operate as cruise boats on Port Phillip.[22][23]

Surviving non-operating or stored ships built by State Dockyard, are Cape Don, a lighthouse tender built in 1962 for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service which is now a museum ship at Balls Head Bay, Waverton.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."State Dockyard Newcastle". State Records. Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Timeline". Newcastle Port Corporation. 2003. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Re-Commissioning 3801" Railway Digest January 1987 page 30
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gillett, Ross (1983). Australian & New Zealand Warships 1914-1945. Lane Cove: Doubleday. p. 168. ISBN 0 86824 095 8.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gillett, Ross (1986). Australia's Navy Past, Present & Future. Brookvale: Child & Henry. p. 52. ISBN 0 86777 178 X.
  6. ^ a b Role of Ships on Australia's West Coast Australian Transport January 1966 pages 5-9
  7. ^ MV Kooleen Ferries of Sydney
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Plowman, Peter (2004). Ferry to Tasmania: A Short History. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1 877058 27 0.
  9. ^ Vehicle Ferry Almost Ready Canberra Times 1 April 1961 page 16
  10. ^ Holyman Container Ship for Bass Strait Run in Service by Mid-61 Truck & Bus Transportation February 1961 page 5
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gillett, Ross (1977). Warships of Australia. Sydney: Rigby. p. 268. ISBN 0 7270 0472 7.
  12. ^ Bulks Freight & Container Transportation May 1967 page 13
  13. ^ BP Enterprise Australian Transport January 1968 page 35
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharpe, Richard (1991). Jane's Fighting Ships. Coulsdon: Janes Information Services. p. 31. ISBN 0 7106 0960 4.
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  16. ^ a b ANL vehicle deck ships for steel traffic Freight & Container Transportation November 1972 page 12
  17. ^ $15m tanker launched Freight & Container Transportation November 1974 page 15
  18. ^ New Bass Trader Australian Transport February 1976 page 22
  19. ^ ANL bulk ship launched Freight & Container Transportation September 1976 page 38
  20. ^ Lady Street names her namesake Sydney Morning Herald 9 May 1979
  21. ^ Contract let for Manly Ferry Electric Traction November 1979 page 183
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Melbourne Showboat and Boat Cruise for Parties and Wedding". Lady Cutler. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History". victoriastar.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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