page_title: Rodney disaster
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Rodney disaster / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Sydney Ferry REGALIA ex RODNEY approaching Mosman Bay December 1971 in her Rosman Ferry Colours Graeme Andrews, Ferry REGALIA ( 1938- c.2000) ex RODNEY, ex REGIS. (01/12/1971 - 31/12/1971), [A-00081655]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 14 May 2020, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/703212
context_page_description: The ferry Rodney capsized and sank on Sydney Harbour 12 February 1938 with the loss of 19 lives. The ferry was carrying well-wishers and girlfriends of sailors on the heavy cruiser USS Louisville as cruiser left the Harbour.
context_section_description: After re-floating, Rodney was refitted and renamed Regis and returned to service. On 14 May 1938, the boat was repossessed by the mortgagee but rented by Rosman from June under the name Regis.  
  On 1 May 1939, the High Court of Australia found that the vessel had capsized through negligence. Charles Rosman lost his captain's ticket for three years, although he ran his ferry business into the 1970s. Damages of £200 was awarded to one of the survivors, Laura Nagrint. As part of the ruling, the judge stated that if the fine was not paid within three weeks, the ferry would be put up for sale to cover the costs. Regis was put up for auction by the High Court on 27 June but the highest bid of £1,500 was below the assessed value. 
  Her name was changed again in 1939 to Regalia and she continued to serve in the Rosman Ferries fleet, moored at Mosman Bay through to the 1970s or 1980s. She was used on Botany Bay in the 1980s and in 2004 sank in the Georges River off Taren Point and broken up.
caption: Rodney renamed Regalia entering Mosman Bay, 1970s
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