page_title: Sydney SuperCats
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sydney SuperCats / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A view from inside the passenger cabin of the Saint Mary MacKillop, looking towards the bow of the ship from the starboard side of the cabin, behind the center entryway. The Saint Mary MacKillop is a SuperCat-class ferry, built in the early 2000s as part of an effort to upgrade the then-ageing Sydney Ferries fleet with brand new, faster, and more comfortable passenger ferries. In this view, the SuperCat's segmented design can be discerned; the entryway cuts into the passenger cabin slightly, allowing for a direct access way into the cabin's open area. This photograph was taken as the ship was crusing across Sydney Harbour, halfway between Circular Quay ferry wharf and Rose Bay ferry wharf, its next stop on the express F7 Eastern Suburbs service route.
context_page_description: The Sydney SuperCats are a class of catamarans operated by Transdev Sydney Ferries on Sydney Harbour.
context_section_description: In 2000/01, the State Transit Authority purchased four SuperCats. Initially eight were ordered, but the final four were cancelled. All were built by Australian Defence Industries at Garden Island.
  They primarily operate on Eastern Suburbs services and have on occasion been used on the Manly run. The upper deck is closed at night time.
caption: Interior
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