page_title: SS Balgowlah
section_title: Design and construction
hierarchical_section_title: SS Balgowlah / Design and construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Sydney Ferry BALGOWLAH under construction at Morts Dock, Woolwich, May 1912
context_page_description: SS Balgowlah was a ferry on Sydney Harbour operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company on the Manly service from 1912 until 1951.
context_section_description: Balgowlah was built by Mort's Dock at their Woolwich yard for the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company for a cost of £29,000. Launched on 18 June 1912 and commissioned on 28 November 1912.
  Balgowlah was nearly identical to the Bellubera and Barrenjoey and ultimately was the last coal burner in the fleet. It was capable of carrying 1,517 passengers in the summer and 982 in the winter (the highest capacity of this class) and made over 110,000 return trips to Manly covering about 715,000 nautical miles.
  Provided with a triple expansion steam engine generating 122 hp, it was capable of 16 knots, one of the fastest ferries on the run and able to make the run in 25 minutes compared to the 30 mins of other vessels.
caption: Under construction at Mort's Dock, Woolwich, May 1912
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