Profil du navire

Sunshine Coast Queen

Sunshine Coast Queen
Photo: Ray Warren photo July 28, 1968 Horseshoe Bay BC

Histoire

This ferry, passenger/car was built in 1951 by Great Lakes Engine Works, Ecorse MI in River Rouge, MI.

Notes historiques

In 1987 while under tow to Shanghai this vessel sank in heavy weather off the coast of Oregon.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1951 she was owned by the Michigan State Department of Highways for Great Lakes icebreaking ferry service in the Straits of Mackinac of Lake Michigan.

She was a ferry on Lake Erie.

She was a ferry crossing the mouth of the St Lawrence River in Quebec.

In 1967 she was owned by the Compagnie de Navigation Nord-Sud Ltee., Rimouski East, QC Canada.

In 1967 she was owned by BC Ferry Corporation, Victoria BC Canada.

In 1967 she was on the Horsehoe Bay to Langdale run as a double ended ferry.

In 1976 she was retired from BC Ferry fleet.

In 1982 she was owned by Gulf Canada Resources Inc. for use in the Beaufort Sea.

In 1984 she was owned by Gulf Canada Resources Inc., Calgary AB Canada.

In 1986 she was owned by 301073 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

She was owned by shipbreakers from the People's Republic of China.

Remotorisation

Repowered with 4-2360hp Nordberg diesel engines (1968)

Références

Canada List of Shipping

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