K class ferry

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The "K-Class" ferries are an informally named group of similarly designed inter-island ferries operated by BC Ferries.

MV Klitsa
Formerly MV Denman Queen

Built: 1972, Vancouver, British Columbia
Length: 47.46 m (155'8")
Power: 600 hp
Service Speed: 9 knots
Gross Tonnage: 352.58
Car Capacity: 26
Passenger & Crew Capacity: 195
Route: Chemainus ↔ Thetis Island ↔ Kuper Island

MV Kulleet
Built: 1972, Vancouver, British Columbia
Length: 47.46 m (155'8")
Power: 650 hp
Service Speed: 10 knots
Gross Tonnage: 355.04
Car Capacity: 26
Passenger & Crew Capacity: 150
Route: Albion ↔ Fort Langley (operated by Translink)

MV Klatawa
Built: 1972, Vancouver, British Columbia
Length: 47.46 m (155'8")
Power: 650 hp
Service Speed: 10 knots
Gross Tonnage: 347.58
Car Capacity: 26
Passenger & Crew Capacity: 150
Route: Albion ↔ Fort Langley (operated by Translink)

MV Kahloke
Built: 1973, Vancouver, British Columbia
Length: 54.75 m (179'6)
Power: 640 hp
Service Speed: 10 knots
Gross Tonnage: 466
Car Capacity: 30
Passenger & Crew Capacity: 200
Route: Denman Island ↔ Hornby Island

MV Kwuna
Built: 1975, Victoria, British Columbia
Length: 71.64 m (235'4)
Power: 730 hp
Service Speed: 10 knots
Gross Tonnage: 347.49
Car Capacity: 26
Passenger & Crew Capacity: 154
Route: Skidegate ↔ Alliford Bay

MV Kuper
Formerly MV John Atlantic Burr
Built: 1985, Bullfrog, Utah
Rebuilt: 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia
Length: 52.21 m (171'3.5)
Gross Tonnage: 537
Car Capacity: 32
Passenger & Crew Capacity: 300

The Kulleet and Klatawa are not operated by BC Ferries, but by TransLink on its Albion ferry route.

With the exception of MV Kuper, all of the listed K-class vessels were built for service in British Columbia's Ministry of Highways salt water inter-island ferry fleet (absorbed by BC Ferries in 1985).

The former MV John Atlantic Burr operated on Utah's Lake Powell as of early-September, 2005. The following winter, the vessel was cut into four sections, transported by truck to British Columbia and reassembled with significant modification/enlargement. The ship cost $200,000 USD and will cost $4.5 million CAD to refit and enlarge vs building a new vessel which would cost up to $20 million.

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• BC Ferries Profiles

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