Retired BC Ferries ships
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List of retired BC Ferries:
- MV Langdale Queen (built in 1903 by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia as the coastal steamer SS Asbury Park; purchased by the Monticello Steamship Company and moved to San Francisco Bay in 1918, where she was refitted and rebuilt as the car ferry SS City of Sacramento; transferred to Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries in 1925 and enlarged; purchased by Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) in 1941 and moved to the Seattle-Bremerton route in Puget Sound; transferred to PSNC's Canadian affiliate, Black Ball Ferries, in 1952 and refitted and rebuilt as MV Kahloke to operate on the Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route across the Strait of Georgia; purchased by BC Ferries in 1961; renamed MV Langdale Queen and moved to the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale route in 1964; retired in 1976; hull intermittently used as a barge in the 1980s; scrapped in 2005)[1]
- MV Cy Peck (built in 1913 as SS Daily)[2]
- MV Pender Queen (built by Yarrows Shipyards (Esquimalt) in 1923 as SS Motor Princess)[3]
- MV George S. Pearson (built in 1925 as MV Wollochet)[4]
- MV Quillayute (built in 1927)[5]
- MV Jervis Queen (built in 1928 as MV Bainbridge)[6]
- SS Smokwa (built in 1946 as SS Scotian)[7]
- MV Sechelt Queen (built by Todd Shipyards (Seattle) in 1947 as MV Chinook, refitted and rebuilt in 1954 as MV Chinook II)[8]
- MV Salt Spring Queen (built by Yarrows Shipyards (Esquimalt) in 1949 as MV Delta Princess)
- MV Vesuvius Queen (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1951 as MV Lloyd Jones)
- MV Sunshine Coast Queen (built in 1951 as MV Vacationland; purchased as MV Père Nouvel in 1966)
- MV Princess of Vancouver (built in 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Railway)
- MV Queen of Sidney (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1960 as MV Sidney)
- MV Queen of Victoria (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1962 as MV City of Victoria)
- MV Queen of the Islands (built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1965)
- MV Queen of the North (built in 1969 as MV Stena Danica; renamed MV Queen of Surrey in 1973; renamed MV Queen of the North in 1976; sank in Wright Sound on 22 March 2006)
- FastCat Series (three high-speed catamarans built by a subsidiary of BC Ferries, the first two of which were in service in 1999 and 2000)
- MV Dogwood Princess
- MV Dogwood Princess II
- MV Nicola
- MV Albert J. Savoie
On 30 January 2008, BC Ferries announced that it was preparing to retire four additional ships:
- MV Queen of Tsawwassen (built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1960 as MV Tsawwassen)[9]
- MV Queen of Vancouver (built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1962 as MV City of Vancouver)[10]
- MV Queen of Saanich (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1963)
- MV Queen of Esquimalt (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1963)
[edit] See also
- BC Ferries Milestone
- Black Ball ferries of Puget Sound transferred to British Columbia waters in the 1950s (Group 1)
- Black Ball ferries of Puget Sound transferred to British Columbia waters in the 1950s (Group 2)
- Ships of the BC Ferries fleet
[edit] References
- ^ Photos of MV Langdale Queen (ex-Kahloke, ex-City of Sacramento, ex-Asbury Park)
- ^ Photo of MV Cy Peck (ex-Island Princess, ex-Daily)
- ^ Photo of MV Pender Queen (ex-Motor Princess)
- ^ Photos of MV George S. Pearson (ex-Fox Island, ex-Wollochet)
- ^ Photos of MV Quillayute
- ^ Photos of MV Jervis Queen (ex-Bainbridge)
- ^ Photos of SS Smokwa (ex-Scotian)
- ^ Photos of MV Sechelt Queen (ex-Chinoook II, ex Chinook)
- ^ Photos of MV Queen of Tsawwassen (ex-Tsawwassen)
- ^ Photos of MV Queen of Vancouver (ex-City of Vancouver)
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