Burnaby-class ferry

Class overview
MV Queen of Burnaby
Name:	Burnaby class
Builders:	Victoria Machinery Depot Victoria, BC
Operators:	BC Ferries
Built:	1964-1965
Completed:	2
Active:	2

The Burnaby-class are a class of two ferries in the BC Ferries' fleet, built between 1964 and 1965. They are the Queen of Burnaby, and the Queen of Nanaimo.

Both are propelled by controllable-pitch propellers. Both were built with two Mirrlees National KVSSM, V-16, 4 stroke-cycle, diesel engines, each producing 3000 brake horsepower (2,200 kW) at 320 revolutions per minute.

A total of seven Victoria class ships were constructed between 1962 and 1965 and they were soon modified to increase vehicle capacity. The first change was the installation of platform decks or ramps, the second modification saw the ships sliced in half vertically across the beam for the insertion of an 84-foot (26 m) midsection, which dramatically increased the car carrying capacity of the seven ships.

Later, five of the seven ships (excluding Queen of Burnaby, and Queen of Nanaimo) were cut horizontally from bow to stern and lifted to have a new vehicle deck inserted. As a result, the two ships left without the new car deck were removed from the Victoria class designation to become Burnaby class vessels.

In 1994 the Queen of Burnaby was temporarily leased to another provincial crown corporation called Victoria Line. The vessel was renamed to the MV Royal Victorian had a $4.7 million refit and operated a once daily summer service between Victoria and Seattle.^[1] After the demise of the Victoria Line, the vessel was purchased by Clipper Navigation which operates the Victoria Clipper passenger only service between Victoria and Seattle. The vessel was then renamed and repainted to become the Princess Marguerite III operating on the Victoria to Seattle route. In 2000 after Clipper Navigation also decided to pull the plug on the route, the vessel was returned to the BC Ferries fleet under its original name, the Queen of Burnaby.^[2]

MV Queen of Burnaby and her sister ship MV Queen of Nanaimo will be retired in 2016 and will be replaced with two 145-car Intermediate-class ferries.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.westcoastferries.ca/ferries/bcferries/queenofburnaby.html
↑ West Coast Ferries - Queen of Burnaby
↑ "Intermediate Class New-Build Program". bcferries.com. BC Ferries. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

External links

"MV Queen of Burnaby". BC Ferries. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
"MV Queen of Nanaimo". BC Ferries. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

V-class ferry

V class	Queen of Victoria Queen of Vancouver Queen of Saanich Queen of Esquimalt

Burnaby class	Queen of Burnaby Queen of Nanaimo

New Westminster class	Queen of New Westminster

BC Ferries

BC Ferries

Ferry terminals

Mainland–Vancouver Island	Departure Bay Duke Point Horseshoe Bay Swartz Bay Tsawwassen

Sunshine Coast	Earls Cove Gambier Island Keats Island Langdale Saltery Bay Snug Cove

Northern Gulf Islands/Powell River	Alert Bay Blubber Bay Buckley Bay Campbell River Cortes Island Denman Island (2) Hornby Island Little River Port McNeill Quadra Island (2) Sointula Westview–Powell River

Southern Gulf Islands	Brentwood Chemainus Crofton Fulford Harbour Gabriola Island Long Harbour Lyall Harbour Mill Bay Nanaimo Harbour Otter Bay Penelakut Island Sturdies Bay Thetis Island Vesuvius Village Bay

Mid–Coast/Northern Route	Alliford Bay Bear Cove Bella Coola Klemtu McLoughlin Bay Ocean Falls Prince Rupert Shearwater Skidegate

Current fleet

S class	Spirit of British Columbia Spirit of Vancouver Island

Coastal class	Coastal Renaissance Coastal Inspiration Coastal Celebration

C class	Queen of Cowichan Queen of Coquitlam Queen of Alberni Queen of Oak Bay Queen of Surrey

Burnaby class	Queen of Nanaimo Queen of Burnaby

I class	Island Sky Queen of Cumberland Queen of Capilano

Powell River class	Bowen Queen Mayne Queen Powell River Queen

Century class	Skeena Queen

K class	Kahloke Klitsa Kuper Kwuna

T class	Tachek Quadra Queen II

N class	Nimpkish Nicola

Unclassed	Howe Sound Queen North Island Princess Northern Adventure Northern Expedition Queen of Chilliwack Queen of New Westminster Quinitsa Quinsam Tenaka

Ships designed by Philip F. Spaulding

Alaska Marine Highway

Malaspina Class	MV Malaspina MV Matanuska MV Taku

LeConte Class	MV LeConte MV Aurora

BC Ferries

Sidney Class

V Class

Burnaby Class	MV Queen of Burnaby MV Queen of Nanaimo

New Westminster Class	MV Queen of New Westminster

C class

Black Ball Line

MV Coho

Golden Gate Ferry

MS MARIN
Sausalito
San Francisco

NOAA

MV Miller Freeman

San Diego and Coronado

MV Crown City

Washington State

Jumbo Class	MV Walla Walla MV Spokane

Whatcom County

Whatcom Chief

Young Life

MV Malibu Princess

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