Queen of Cowichan
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The MV Queen of Cowichan was built in Victoria, British Columbia in 1976. It joined the other two C-class ferries built that year, The Queen of Alberni and The Queen of Coquitlam. And later the two other C-class ferries, The Queen of Surrey and The Queen of Oak Bay. The ship is double ended, and can load from either end. The ship, like all C-class ferries have a propeller and rudder at each end. This means the ship never has to turn around in port during regular service. The ships engines turn out 11,860HP which gives it a service speed of 22 knots. Like all the C-class ferries it is 139.28m long. Almost identical to the The Queen of Coquitlam, the vessel has a car capacity of 392 and a passenger capacity for 1,466 people. The ship has two car decks. A lower car deck capable of carrying trucks and buses carries the overheight vehicles while the upper car deck can carry the majority of the cars onboard.
