Destiny Empress

In 1967 this vessel was christened by Mrs. Henri Parizeau. This vessel was based at Dartmouth NS.

In 2015 the Destiny Empress was believed to be docked in Trinidad and Tobago for some time for repairs prior to departing for Europe. On December 22, 2009, a joint European law enforcement team, including Spanish Police and Italy's Air Maritime Exploration Squadron Guardia di Finanza (a special flight Squadron of the Italy' GDF Air Service), acting on intelligence from the London Metropolitan Police, seized the ship and arrested the seven person crew 200 nmi (370 km) west of Spain's northwest coast. After several days of searching, officers found a secret compartment under a trap door that had been bolted down with an aluminum plate and covered by carpet in one of the Destiny Empress '​s rooms. The sealed compartment contained 1.5 t (1.5 long tons) of cocaine with an estimated street value of £375 million, according to UK police. Alec Scoones Reports (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 22/02/2019) that "broken up in Turkey, after being seized off Spain in a cocaine smuggling scheme."