MV Mill Bay
Mill Bay
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 Canada
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| Name: | Mill Bay |
| Namesake: | Mill Bay, British Columbia |
| Owner: | Coast Ferries Ltd. |
| Operator: | Coast Ferries Ltd. |
| Port of registry: | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Route: | Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay |
| Builder: | Victoria Machinery Depot |
| Yard number: | 79 |
| Completed: | 1956 |
| In service: | July 20, 1956 |
| Status: | sold to BC Ferries in 1969 |
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| Owner: | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. |
| Operator: | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. |
| Port of registry: | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Route: | Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay |
| In service: | purchased 1969; late July 2001 |
| Out of service: | July 2001 (refurbished) |
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| Status: | Out of service May 2011 |
| Notes: | Replaced by MV Klitsa on Brentwood-Mill Bay route |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | unclassified |
| Type: | RORO ferry |
| Tonnage: | 198 |
| Length: | 37.49 m (123 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.94 m (32.6 ft) |
| Depth: | 3.6 m (11.8 ft) |
| Installed power: | Gardner 8L3 diesel 152 hp (113 kW) straight 8 |
| Propulsion: | single propeller |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 3.7 gallons/hour |
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| Crew: | 2 |
MV Mill Bay was a Canadian ferry. At 37.49 metres (123 ft) long, it was BC Ferries' second smallest ship. It holds 16 vehicles (tied with the MV Nimpkish), 138 passengers and crew, and its maximum speed is 9 knots (17 km/h). The Mill Bay operated in the Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay route across Saanich Inlet on Vancouver Island.
The Brentwood Bay to Mill Bay ferry started operation in November 1924 by two former naval officers, Kennaird and Williams, and it is the oldest continuous ferry service on the coast of British Columbia. Initial service by the Cascade Freight and Trading Company was provided with a 22-year-old 90-foot (27 m) wooden hulled coastal steamer the SS Cascade, which was altered to allow cars to drive on or off the bow and the stern. The Cascade underwent many more alterations over the years, including replacement of her steam engines with internal combustion engines, and was eventually rechristened the Brentwood. Cascade Freight and Trading Company was bought by Coast Ferries Ltd. in 1945.
In the 1950s the more-than-50-year-old Brentwood was aging and in need of replacement. Coast Ferries Ltd. contracted out the construction of a new steel hulled ferry to the Victoria Machinery Depot firm in Victoria. On July 20, 1956 the Mill Bay entered service across the Saanich Inlet route and for two years both the Mill Bay and the older Brentwood both crossed the inlet while the portion of the Island Highway over the Malahat pass was being paved. In 1969 Coast Ferries Ltd. was bought out by BC Ferries (that had formed in 1960). Thus Mill Bay is a vessel four years older than the company that currently runs her and is the oldest working ferry in the BC Ferries fleet.
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