HMAS Kuttabul (ship)

Kuttabul as built. 1922
History
Australia
Name	Kuttabul
Namesake	Aboriginal word meaning wonderful
Owner	Sydney Ferries Limited
Port of registry	Sydney
Route	Circular Quay-Milsons Point
Builder	Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle
Yard number	54
In service	1922
Out of service	1940
Australia
Name	HMAS Kuttabul
Owner	Royal Australian Navy
Acquired	7 November 1940
Commissioned	26 February 1941
Identification	O/N 150185
Fate	Sunk 1 June 1942
General characteristics
Type	Harbour ferry
Tonnage	447 GRT
Length	183 ft (56 m)
Beam	36.9 ft (11.2 m)
Capacity	2,250

HMAS Kuttabul, formerly SS Kuttabul, was a Royal Australian Navy depot ship, converted from a Sydney Ferries Limited ferry.

Kuttabul and her identical sistership, Koompartoo, were the largest and last K-class ferries built. Kuttabul had the highest passenger carrying capacity of any ferry on Sydney Harbour and was ordered for the crowded Milsons Point to Circular Quay route.

During the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942, Kuttabul was sunk, with 21 naval personnel aboard.