In 1964, the vessel was built as one of seven Victoria class ferries. Like her sister ships, she was lengthened in 1973 at Burrard Dry Dock. After the ship damaged a crankshaft beyond repair, she was re-engined with four Wärtsilä engines, had the car deck platform ramps removed and was raised to add a second car deck at Vancouver Shipyards in 1991. After being raised for a second car deck, she would normally be considered a Victoria class ferry as she shares most of the characteristics of that class, but because of her improved powerplants and higher clearance car decks, she is unique. Her two former sister ships are the Burnaby class vessels Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of Burnaby, which are also not considered Victoria class vessels because they did not receive the additional car deck which created the final Victoria class ferries.
Though her four Victoria class sister ships were all scrapped by 2012, she had a major refit of her passenger areas between late 2007 and early 2009 to prepare her for another ten to fifteen years of service.
In 1973 the ship was cut in half to enable an additional 25-meter section to be inserted at a cost of $2.5 million and in 1991 she underwent a major rebuild including new engines and an additional car deck at a cost of $35.6 million.[3]
Accidentsedit
In October, 1971, Queen of New Westminster pulled out of her berth at the Departure Bay terminal while vehicle loading was in progress. A car and its two occupants fell into the water. Both of the vehicle's occupants were rescued.
In a similar incident, on August 13, 1992, the ship pulled out of her berth at the Departure Bay terminal while vehicle loading ramps were still lowered and resting on the ship. Three people were killed, one was seriously injured, and two others received minor injuries when a van from Alberta containing 6 people fell 15 m (49 ft) from the upper deck onto the lower car deck and finally into the sea below. The van was stopped and instructed to wait on the loading ramp by terminal crew members. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined that this accident was caused primarily by the vessel not properly following departing procedures and secondarily due to poor communication between terminal and ship crew members.[4]
Sister shipsedit
Queen of New Westminster initially had six sister ships, none of which are still in service with BC Ferries. These ships were originally built as a single class but were modified through different combinations of deck-stretching, addition of more vehicle decks, and installation of more powerful engines. Though New West is a sister of these ships, the ship does not fit into either the V class or the Burnaby class.
^"Canadian Transportation Safety Board report on Queen of New Westminster 1992 accident". Oct 2021. from the original on 3 October 2021.
External linksedit
BC Ferries Corporation: Queen of New Westminster Ship Page
archive from February 2008
January 01, 1970
queen, westminster, canadian, roll, roll, passenger, ferry, operated, ferries, history, namequeen, westminster, namesakecity, westminster, operatorbc, ferries, port, registryvictoria, routetsawwassen, swartz, tsawwassen, duke, point, buildervictoria, machinery. The MV Queen of New Westminster is a Canadian roll on roll off passenger ferry operated by BC Ferries 2 History NameQueen of New Westminster NamesakeCity of New Westminster OperatorBC Ferries Port of registryVictoria RouteTsawwassen Swartz Bay Tsawwassen Duke Point BuilderVictoria Machinery Depot CostCA 3 6 million 1962 1 Yard number105 Laid downMay 24 1963 LaunchedMay 12 1964 In serviceAugust 4 1964 IdentificationIMO number 6413663 MMSI number 316001255 Callsign VDQQ StatusIn service General characteristics Displacement6 122 tonnes Length130 m 426 ft 6 in Installed power16 800hp PropulsionFour Wartsila VASA 9R32 engines Speed20 knots 37 km h CapacityPassengers 1 332 Vehicles 270 cars In 1964 the vessel was built as one of seven Victoria class ferries Like her sister ships she was lengthened in 1973 at Burrard Dry Dock After the ship damaged a crankshaft beyond repair she was re engined with four Wartsila engines had the car deck platform ramps removed and was raised to add a second car deck at Vancouver Shipyards in 1991 After being raised for a second car deck she would normally be considered a Victoria class ferry as she shares most of the characteristics of that class but because of her improved powerplants and higher clearance car decks she is unique Her two former sister ships are the Burnaby class vessels Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of Burnaby which are also not considered Victoria class vessels because they did not receive the additional car deck which created the final Victoria class ferries Though her four Victoria class sister ships were all scrapped by 2012 she had a major refit of her passenger areas between late 2007 and early 2009 to prepare her for another ten to fifteen years of service Contents 1 Structural refits 2 Accidents 3 Sister ships 4 References 5 External linksStructural refits editIn 1973 the ship was cut in half to enable an additional 25 meter section to be inserted at a cost of 2 5 million and in 1991 she underwent a major rebuild including new engines and an additional car deck at a cost of 35 6 million 3 Accidents editIn October 1971 Queen of New Westminster pulled out of her berth at the Departure Bay terminal while vehicle loading was in progress A car and its two occupants fell into the water Both of the vehicle s occupants were rescued In a similar incident on August 13 1992 the ship pulled out of her berth at the Departure Bay terminal while vehicle loading ramps were still lowered and resting on the ship Three people were killed one was seriously injured and two others received minor injuries when a van from Alberta containing 6 people fell 15 m 49 ft from the upper deck onto the lower car deck and finally into the sea below The van was stopped and instructed to wait on the loading ramp by terminal crew members The Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined that this accident was caused primarily by the vessel not properly following departing procedures and secondarily due to poor communication between terminal and ship crew members 4 Sister ships editQueen of New Westminster initially had six sister ships none of which are still in service with BC Ferries These ships were originally built as a single class but were modified through different combinations of deck stretching addition of more vehicle decks and installation of more powerful engines Though New West is a sister of these ships the ship does not fit into either the V class or the Burnaby class Victoria Class ferries all scrapped Queen of Victoria Queen of Vancouver Queen of Esquimalt Queen of Saanich Burnaby Class ferries Queen of Nanaimo retired Queen of Burnaby retired References edit 2nd of class Queen of Vancouver May 2008 page archived on 8 January 2021 Queen of New Westminster BC Ferries Oct 2021 Archived from the original on 3 October 2021 Queen of New Westminster Feb 2008 page archived on 3 March 2016 Canadian Transportation Safety Board report on Queen of New Westminster 1992 accident Oct 2021 Archived from the original on 3 October 2021 External links editBC Ferries Corporation Queen of New Westminster Ship Page Queen of New Westminster Fan Page archive from February 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MV Queen of New Westminster amp oldid 1161136178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
