Maritime History

Kuramia

Kuramia was a K-class ferry on Sydney Harbour. Commissioned in 1914, the timber-hulled steamer was built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the early twentieth boom in cross-harbour ferry travel. At 353 tons, she was the largest wooden ferry on Sydney Harbour. She was a typical example of the K class; a group of double-deck, double-ended, steam-powered screw ferries. Kuramia was built for the short but busy cross-harbour route between Circular Quay and Milsons Point. Made redundant by the 1932 opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Royal Australian Navy converted her to a boom defence vessel. Kuramia followed Sydney Ferries Limited's tradition of naming their vessels after Australian Indigenous words starting with "K". Kuramia was reported to have been named after a village on the Transcontinental railway route.

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• ▸Boujdour
• ▸Ionia Volcano
• ▸Big Tub Lighthouse

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