MV Troubridge

For other uses, see Troubridge.

Maiden voyage of MV Troubridge, Port Adelaide
History
Australia Australia
Name	MV Troubridge (1962-ca1987) City of Famagusta European Glory Karden Marwa
Namesake	Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet[1]
Owner	South Australian Steamship Company (1961-1977) RW Miller and South Australian Government
Port of registry	Adelaide
Builder	Evans Deakin & Company of Brisbane, Queensland[2]
Identification	IMO number: 5369437
Fate	Scrapped 2004
General characteristics
Type	Roll on roll off ferry
Tonnage	1,995 tons (2027 tonnes)[1]
Length	291 ft 6 in (88.85 m)
Beam	50 ft 1 in (15.27 m)
Draught	13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Ramps	1 rear ramp
Installed power	Twin Polar Diesel 4110BHp
Speed	14.5 knots (26.8 km/h)
Capacity	582 tons (591 tonnes)

MV Troubridge was a ferry that served the South Australian coastal trade between Port Adelaide, Kingscote on Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln. It was built by Evans Deakin & Company, of Brisbane, Queensland as a roll on roll off ferry to minimise loading time and maximise time spent at sea.^[1]

Operational history

Troubridge was built to replace SS Karatta in serving on the Adelaide - Kingscote - Port Lincoln route. It began services to Kingscote and Port Lincoln in 1961.^[3] Services to Port Lincoln were eventually discontinued leaving Troubridge to dedicated Kingscote Services. It operated until 1 June 1987, when it was replaced by Island Seaway.^[4][1]

Troubridge was sold and went to Malta in 1990 as City of Famagusta. She was then bought by European Seaways and renamed European Glory. Her ownership passed to Poseidon Lines, under the name Sea Wave. In 1995 she was registered in Turkey as Karden. She was re-registered in North Korea in 2003 as Marwa, before being finally scrapped in Turkey in 2004.^[1]

References

1. Tracey, Dr Michael MacLellan. "'History in a Discarded Painting ~ The MV Troubridge'". HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
2. "Flotilla Australia".
3. Roll-on, Roll-off Ferry On Gulf Run This Month Truck & Bus Transportation October 1961 page 7
4. Smith, Andrea (June 2006). "The maritime cultural landscape of Kangaroo Island, South Australia: A study of Kingscote and West Bay" (PDF). Flinders University, South Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)