norman r wright & sons industry shipbuilding founded 1909 founder norman wright headquarters bulimba brisbane australia products boats parent bill & ian wright website www.wrightsons.com.au norman r wright & sons is an australian shipbuilding company . history edit transdev brisbane ferries meeandah at north quay ferry wharf in 1909 norman wright opened a shipbuilding business in newstead . the first vessel completed was the superb a shallow draught gaff rigged center board yacht . the yard mainly built pleasure craft the largest being francois a 75 foot racing yacht . 1 2 3 in the 1930s it moved to bulimba . following the outbreak of world war ii in 1939 the building of recreational craft was suspended with the yard refitting various requisitioned vessels for war service . the royal australian navy commissioned norman wright to build four fairmile b motor launches . 1 after the war norman wright built commercial boats such as trawlers luggers and vessels for the tourist resorts . during this period the yard built boats for the barrier reef islands of lindeman south molle orpheus magnetic and hayman . by the 1950s norman wright s sons had assumed responsibility for the day to day operation . 1 its most prominent builds in recent years have been catamaran ferries . in the 1990s it built three for matilda cruises sydney the alice jillian and megan and two for the state transit authority the anne seargent and pam burridge . since 2004 it has built 13 ferries for transdev brisbane ferries . 4 references edit a b c our history norman r wright & sons a passion for boats and more business in focus june 2014 wright brothers adapt to technology to keep family boat building company afloat courier mail 23 august 2015 vessel register norman r wright & sons external links edit media related to norman r. wright & sons at wikimedia commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title norman r. wright % 26 sons & oldid 714463183 categories bulimba queenslandshipbuilding companies of australiashipyards of australia1909 establishments in australiahidden categories commons category template with no category setcommons category without a link on wikidata 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 9 april 2016 at 22 27 . 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