Forgacs Shipyard
{{Short description|Australian shipbuilding company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Forgacs Shipyard
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|image = Forgacs shipyard Tomago 03 from Laverick Ave 20150412.jpg
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|image_caption = Forgacs Shipyard seen from Laverick Avenue
|former_name = Carrington Slipways
|type = Private
|industry = Shipbuilding
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|founded = 1957
|founder = John Laverick
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|hq_location = Tomago, New South Wales
|hq_location_country = Australia
|parent = Forgacs Marine & Defence}}
File:Forgacs shipyard Tomago 02 from Pacific Highway 20150412.jpg. The large cranes seen in the right of the image were built for construction of {{HMAS|Tobruk|L 50|6}}]]
Forgacs Shipyard {{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɔːr|dʒ|æ|k|s}}{{Cite web|url=http://www2b.abc.net.au/abcpronunciation/SearchByLetter.aspx#?L=F|title=Search By Letter - ABC PRONOUNCE|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080637/http://www2b.abc.net.au/abcpronunciation/SearchByLetter.aspx#?L=F|url-status=dead}} is a shipbuilding company located at Tomago, New South Wales on the Hunter River. It was originally opened in 1957 by John Laverick at Carrington as Carrington Slipways, and built 45 ships between then and 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000852b.htm|title=Carrington Slipways Pty Ltd (1958 – ?)|website=Encyclopedia of Australian Science|access-date=6 September 2011}} By 1972, the business required larger premises and moved to Tomago, not far from the Pacific Highway. The shipyard was purchased by Forgacs Engineering in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.forgacs.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Fabrication-Newcastle2.jpg|title=...our rich heritage has shaped the business we have become today|work=Forgacs|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304024933/http://www.forgacs.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Fabrication-Newcastle2.jpg|archive-date=4 March 2015|url-status=dead}}
Several First Fleet-class ferries were built at the Tomago yard. {{HMAS|Rushcutter|M 80|6}} and {{HMAS|Shoalwater|M 81|6}} were not built at either Carrington or the Tomago yard, but at Ramsay Fibreglass, a subsidiary company, {{convert|1.5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the Tomago yard.
Ships built by Carrington Slipways
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- Lady-class ferries
- Lady Wakehurst (1974){{cite book|last1=Mead|first1=Tom|title=Manly Ferries|date=1988|publisher=Child & Associates|location=Brookvale|isbn=0 86777 091 0|pages=166–167}}
- Lady Northcott (1975)
- Cruise vessel Captain Cook II (1975)
- HMAS Tobruk (1980)
- First Fleet-class ferries
- Supply (1984){{cite web|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/content/sydney-ferries-fleet-facts |title=Sydney Ferries Fleet Facts |website=Transport for NSW|date=15 April 2014 |access-date=8 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412182709/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/content/sydney-ferries-fleet-facts |archive-date=12 April 2015}}
- Sirius (1984)
- Alexander (1985){{cite web|url=http://www.ferriesofsydney.com/alexander.html|title=Alexander|website=Ferries of Sydney|access-date=8 April 2015}}
- Borrowdale (1985){{cite web|url=http://www.ferriesofsydney.com/borrowdale.html|title=Borrowdale|website=Ferries of Sydney|date=10 June 2010|access-date=8 April 2015}}
- Charlotte (1985){{cite web|url=http://www.ferriesofsydney.com/Charlotte%20II.html|title=Charlotte II|website=Ferries of Sydney|date=10 June 2010|access-date=8 April 2015}}
- Fishburn (1985){{cite web|url=http://www.ferriesofsydney.com/fishburn.html|title=Fishburn|website=Ferries of Sydney|date=10 June 2010|access-date=8 April 2015}}
- Friendship (1986){{cite web|url=http://www.ferriesofsydney.com/friendship.html|title=Friendship|website=Ferries of Sydney|date=10 June 2010|access-date=8 April 2015}}
- Golden Grove (1986){{cite web|url=http://www.ferriesofsydney.com/Golden%20Grove.html|title=Golden Grove|website=Ferries of Sydney|date=10 June 2010|access-date=8 April 2015}}
- Scarborough (1986)
- Freshwater-class ferries
- Narrabeen -1984
- Collaroy - 1988
- Cruise vessel John Cadman II (1986)[http://maritime-connector.com/ship/john-cadman-ii-8512487/ John Cadman II] Maritime Connector
Captain Cook Cruises - Lady Hawkesbury 1987
- {{HMAS|Rushcutter|M 80|6}} (1986){{cite book|last1=Sharpe|first1=Richard|title=Jane's Fighting Ships|date=1991|publisher=Janes Information Services|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0 7106 0960 4|page=[https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi00rich/page/28 28]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi00rich/page/28}}
- {{HMAS|Shoalwater|M 81|6}} (1987)
- Ferry Peninsula Princess (1987)
- Icebreaker Aurora Australis (1988)
- Cruise vessel John Cadman III (1989)[http://maritime-connector.com/ship/john-cadman-iii-8808848/ John Cadman III] Maritime Connector}}
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References
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External links
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- {{YouTube|id=ccMUxUTbFaw&t=875s|title=The Carrington Slipways Story}}
{{Suburbs of Port Stephens}}
{{Hunter Region places and items of interest}}
Category:History of Newcastle, New South Wales
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Category:Shipbuilding companies of Australia