Ship Details

Queen of Alberni

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Photo Credit: George Schneider

 
 
Registry #1 370066 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 7414080 MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1976 Queen of Alberni Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1976 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Spaulding, Philip F. Measurement (imp) 457' x ? x ?
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 133.5m x 27.13m x 6.4m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 5863.22 Type 1 Ferry, Passenger/car
Registered Tonnage 3934.55 Type 2
Engine 2-6000bhp diesel engines (1976) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1976 she was owned by Central and Eastern Trust Co., Halifax NS Canada. In 1976 she was chartered by BC Ferry Corporation Victoria BC Canada. In 1989 she was owned by Central and Eastern Trust Co., Halifax NS Canada. In 2004-2024 she was owned by British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 9, 1979 this vesselran aground in Active Pass. The captain steered too close to the shore to avoid another ferry coming from the opposite direction. As the tide fell the vessel threatened to capsize. Vehicles crashed together. In 1984 an extra car deck was added. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports that "On 12 March 1992, the Canadian ferry Queen of Alberni, under the conduct of the master, departed from Tsawwassen, British Columbia, bound for Nanaimo, British Columbia, and the Japanese bulk carrier Shinwa Maru, under the conduct of a British Columbia coast pilot, departed from Roberts Bank Terminal (Westshore Terminals) enroute to the Victoria Pilot Station. The vessels collided approximately one nautical mile south-west of Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal in daylight, with calm weather conditions and visibility reduced by fog."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Cadieux & Griffiths (1967); http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/1992/m92w1022/m92w1022.asp;
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