MV Phillip Pendal
MV "Phillip Pendal" is a ferry owned by the Public Transport Authority and operated under contract by Captain Cook Cruises on Transperth services on the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia. History. In 2009, SBF Shipbuilders of Henderson was awarded a contract to build a new ferry for Transperth to replace the "Countess II". It was built to the same design as the "Shelley Taylor-Smith". It entered service on 3 May 2009 named after politician Phillip Pendal.