Burnaby-class ferry
 MV Queen of Burnaby | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Burnaby class |
| Builders: | Victoria Machinery Depot Victoria, BC |
| Operators: | BC Ferries |
| Built: | 1964-1965 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
The Burnaby-class are a class of two ferries in the BC Ferries' fleet, built between 1964 and 1965. They are the Queen of Burnaby, and the Queen of Nanaimo.
Both are propelled by controllable-pitch propellers. Both were built with two Mirrlees National KVSSM, V-16, 4 stroke-cycle, diesel engines, each producing 3000 brake horsepower (2,200 kW) at 320 revolutions per minute.
A total of seven Victoria class ships were constructed between 1962 and 1965 and they were soon modified to increase vehicle capacity. The first change was the installation of platform decks or ramps, the second modification saw the ships sliced in half vertically across the beam for the insertion of an 84-foot (26 m) midsection, which dramatically increased the car carrying capacity of the seven ships.
Later, five of the seven ships (excluding Queen of Burnaby, and Queen of Nanaimo) were cut horizontally from bow to stern and lifted to have a new vehicle deck inserted. As a result, the two ships left without the new car deck were removed from the Victoria class designation to become Burnaby class vessels.
In 1994 the Queen of Burnaby was temporarily leased to another provincial crown corporation called Victoria Line. The vessel was renamed to the MV Royal Victorian had a $4.7 million refit and operated a once daily summer service between Victoria and Seattle.[1] After the demise of the Victoria Line, the vessel was purchased by Clipper Navigation which operates the Victoria Clipper passenger only service between Victoria and Seattle. The vessel was then renamed and repainted to become the Princess Marguerite III operating on the Victoria to Seattle route. In 2000 after Clipper Navigation also decided to pull the plug on the route, the vessel was returned to the BC Ferries fleet under its original name, the Queen of Burnaby.[2]
MV Queen of Burnaby and her sister ship MV Queen of Nanaimo will be retired in 2016 and will be replaced with two 145-car Intermediate-class ferries.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.westcoastferries.ca/ferries/bcferries/queenofburnaby.html
- ↑ West Coast Ferries - Queen of Burnaby
- ↑ "Intermediate Class New-Build Program". bcferries.com. BC Ferries. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
External links
- "MV Queen of Burnaby". BC Ferries. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- "MV Queen of Nanaimo". BC Ferries. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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