rosman headquarters berrys bay area served sydney harbour services ferry operator parent noakes group website www.rosman.com.au rosman ferries operates ferry services on sydney harbour . history edit rosman ferries was founded by charles rosman in 1916 when he launched a ferry service between balmain north sydney and garden island carrying dockyard workers to the royal australian navy base . this service ran until 1981 . 1 rosman ferris also provided transportation for workers from balmain to the harbour bridge during its construction in the late 1920s and early 1930s as well as spectator ferries for the sydney flying squadron 18 foot skiff races . the spectator ferries were periodically raided by the gaming squad on suspicion of harbouring illegal gambling activities . 2 in february 1938 the rodney on a charter to farewell the uss louisville as it sailed out of sydney harbour capsized after a sudden movement of passengers from one side to the other on the top deck just as the boat altered course . an inquest later found that there had been over 100 passengers on the top deck . nineteen people died and rosman was found to be negligent . 2 following sydney ferries limited withdrawing from the run in 1950 rosman ferries commenced operating a peak hour service on the lane cove river in november 1950 . 1 in 1987 rosman retired and sold the business to steve and frank matthews and ross and neva williams . in 1997 the matthews bought out the williams shareholding and in 2008 sold the business to sean langman s noakes group in 2008 who relocated it after 70 years from mosman bay to berrys bay . 1 2 3 today the fleet comprises five ferries mv lithgow 1927 4 mv proclaim 1939 5 mv radar 1947 6 mv royale 1974 7 mv regal ii 1981 8 references edit a b c andrews graeme 1994 . ferries of sydney 3 ed . . sydney sydney university press . pp. 131 136 . isbn 0 424 00202 7 . a b c rosman ferries club marine volume 25 issue 1 home noakes group lithgow rosman ferries proclaim rosman ferries radar rosman ferries royale rosman ferries regal ii rosman ferries retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rosman ferries & oldid 715719913 categories ferry companies of new south walesferry transport in sydney1916 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015use australian english from june 2015all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 april 2016 at 16 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view