MV Queen of Prince Rupert

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Career

Name:	M/V Queen of Prince Rupert
Operator:	BC Ferries
Port of Registry:	Canada
Route:	Prince Rupert–Skidegate
Completed:	1966
General characteristics
Tonnage:	5,864 ton
Length:	101.15 m (332 ft)
Installed power:	7,680 hp (5.73 MW)
Speed:	18.0 kn (33.3 km/h)
Capacity:	544 (passengers and crew) 80 vehicles

M/V Queen of Prince Rupert is a RORO ferry operated by BC Ferries that provides the main surface transport link between the Queen Charlotte Islands and mainland British Columbia, connecting Skidegate with Prince Rupert across the Hecate Strait (thus linking two segments of Highway 16).

After the Queen of the North sunk in March 2006, the Queen of Prince Rupert also took on the Inside Passage route connecting Port Hardy and Prince Rupert until the replacement Northern Adventure was ready for service in March 2007. With one ferry doing both routes, frequency of service on these routes was roughly halved during this period.

Built in 1966, the Queen of Prince Rupert is scheduled for decommissioning when the Northern Expedition is launched in 2009, and will be replaced by the Northern Adventure on the Prince Rupert-Skidegate Route.