Sydney Maritime Museum
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The Sydney Maritime Museum, also known as Sydney Heritage Fleet, is a private not-for-profit museum located in Darling Harbour, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

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New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Run and managed largely by volunteers, it owns and operates a large number of historic vessels including the barque James Craig
James Craig (barque)
The James Craig is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque restored and sailed by the Sydney Maritime Museum.-History:Built in 1874 in Sunderland, England, by Bartram, Haswell, & Co., she was originally named Clan Macleod. She was employed carrying cargo around the world, and rounded Cape Horn 23 times...

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Ships of the Sydney Heritage Fleet

As listed in the SHF's website, the fleet is currently composed of the following ships:

Operational vessels

  • James Craig
    James Craig
    -Public officials:*James Henry Craig , British soldier and colonial administrator*James Craig , British politician*James Craig , Canadian politician...

    , a 1874 iron-hull 3-mast barque
  • Waratah, a 1902 steam tug
  • Lady Hopetoun, a 1902 VIP steam launch
  • Boomerang, a 1903 schooner
  • Protex, a 1908 inner-harbour motor launch
  • Harman, a 1947 ex-RAN harbour workboat/passenger motor boat
  • Berrima, a 1954 Botany Bay workboat/passenger motor boat
  • Kookaburra II, a 1950s wooden speed boat

Under restoration

  • John Oxley
    John Oxley (ship)
    SS John Oxley is a former pilot boat and lighthouse and buoy tender in Australia. She belongs to the Lady Hopetoun and Port Jackson Marine Steam Museum Ltd. and is currently undergoing restoration at Rozelle Bay, Sydney. John Oxley is the last surviving inshore steamer in Australia and is...

    , a 1927 pilot vessel
  • Kanangra, a 1912 wooden ferry

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