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Queen of Ocoa

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Registry #1 314040 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1961 City of Victoria (II) Name 6
Name 2 1979c Queen of Victoria Name 7
Name 3 2001 Queen of Ocoa Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1961 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Spaulding, Philip F. Measurement (imp) 310.5' x 76.1' x 16.8'
Builder Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull (nk) Displacement
Gross Tonnage 3541 Type 1 Ferry, Passenger/car
Registered Tonnage 2179 Type 2
Engine 2-6664hp engine (1961) Engine Manufacture Paxman Engines
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1970 rebuilt and stretched by 84' welded in midships to 426.5' 9294gt. In 1981 she was rebuilt and lifted to add an extra car deck. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain T. Parkinson (1962); Captain R.J. Pollack (1970);
 
Owner(s)
In 1961-1964 she was owned by British Columbia Toll Highways & Bridges Authority, Victoria BC Canada. In 1965-1967 she was owned by the British Columbia Ferry Authority, Victoria BC Canada. In 1970-1973 she was owned by the Minister of Highways (Ferries Division - B.C. Ferries), Victoria BC Canada. In 1974 she was owned by The Minister of Transport and Communications (Ferries Division), Victoria BC Canada. In 1975 she was owned by the Minister of Highways (Ferries Division - B.C. Ferries), Victoria BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by The Minister of Transportation and Communications, Victoria BC Canada. In 1977 she was owned by The Minister of Transport and Communications, Victoria BC Canada. In 1978-1988 she was owned by the British Columbia Ferry Corp., Victoria BC Canada. In 1989-1990 she was owned by the Minister of Finance, Victoria BC Canada. In 1995-2001 she was owned by the B.C. Ferry Corporation, Victoria BC Canada. She was retired in 2001 and sold to the R & G Importadora & Exportadora Co. in the Dominican Republic. She was renamed as the Queen of Ocoa. She was scrapped in 2006 at Alang.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2000-12-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On May 01, 1961 her keel was laid by Mrs. Harold Husband. On October 24, 1961 this vessel was launched by Mrs. Percy Scurrah. On February 03, 1962 her inaugural run was made by Captain T. Parkinson. In 1968 car platforms were added. In August 02, 1970 this vessel was involved in a collision with the Soviet bulk carrier Sergey Yesenin in Active Pass BC that killed three people. In 1972 an engineroom fire broke out while this vessel was in Active Pass caused by a broken oil lineover a hot manifold. This vessel was towed to Burrard Drydock for repairs.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Cadieux & Griffiths (1967); H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-class_ferry; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/1046?r=0&s=4 ;
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