Ship Details
Queen of Alberni Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	370066 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1976	Queen of Alberni	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1976	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Spaulding, Philip F.	Measurement (imp)	457' x ? x ?
Builder	Vancouver Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	133.5m x 27.13m x 6.4m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	5863.22	Type 1	Ferry, Passenger/car
Registered Tonnage	3934.55	Type 2
Engine	2-6000bhp diesel engines (1976)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1976 she was owned by Central and Eastern Trust Co., Halifax NS. In 1976 she was chartered by BC Ferry Corporation Victoria BC. In 1989 she was owned by Central and Eastern Trust Co., Halifax NS. In 2004-2019 she was owned by British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., Victoria BC.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2020	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On August 9, 1979 this vesselran aground in Active Pass. The captain steered too close to the shore to avoid another ferry coming from the opposite direction. As the tide fell the vessel threatened to capsize. Vehicles crashed together. In 1984 an extra car deck was added. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports that "On 12 March 1992, the Canadian ferry Queen of Alberni, under the conduct of the master, departed from Tsawwassen, British Columbia, bound for Nanaimo, British Columbia, and the Japanese bulk carrier Shinwa Maru, under the conduct of a British Columbia coast pilot, departed from Roberts Bank Terminal (Westshore Terminals) enroute to the Victoria Pilot Station. The vessels collided approximately one nautical mile south-west of Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal in daylight, with calm weather conditions and visibility reduced by fog."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Cadieux & Griffiths (1967); http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/1992/m92w1022/m92w1022.asp;
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