Queen of Alberni
Queen of Alberni en route to Tsawwassen
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| Name: | Queen of Alberni |
| Owner: | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. |
| Operator: | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. |
| Route: | Tsawwassen - Duke Point |
| Builder: | Burrard Yarrows Ltd. (Vancouver) |
| Completed: | 1976 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1976 |
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| Status: | ship in active service |
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| Class and type: | C-class RORO ferry |
| Tonnage: | 6,422 |
| Length: | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Installed power: | 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Two MaK 12M551AK |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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| Notes: | Amenities:Coastal Café cafeteria (featuring White Spot burgers and Bread Garden sandwiches), Passages Gift Shop, Video Zone video arcade, elevator, telephones, showers, washroom for people with disabilities, tourist information (brochures) |
MV Queen of Alberni is a C-class ferry that operates between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in British Columbia. She is part of the BC Ferries fleet.
Queen of Alberni was built by Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1976. She joined the other two C-class ferries, Queen of Coquitlam and Queen of Cowichan, that were also built in that year, with the other two C-class ferries, Queen of Surrey and Queen of Oak Bay, joining later.
Queen of Alberni was different from the others, as she only had one car deck designed to carry overheight vehicles. Her lack of an upper car deck put its capacity at 145 overheight vehicles. The ferry's high truck capacity made her a natural for the service's Tsawwassen-Duke Point route (established in 1990 as the Mid-Island Express, running between Tsawwassen and Departure Bay; and later between Tsawwassen and Duke Point), which is intended for a high volume of overheight vehicles. This route is also served by MV Coastal Inspiration, a Coastal-class ferry. In 1984, the ship was stretched and lifted, gaining an upper car deck for non-overheight vehicles, leading to a new vehicle capacity of 292. In 1999, the ship underwent another refit in Victoria.
The ship has a different system of ship evacuation since it carries fewer passengers. All of the lifejackets are stored in large containers scattered throughout the two passenger decks. The ship has three evacuation stations on each side of the top passenger deck, or sun deck. The combined capacity of these six stations is 1,200.
In 2007, Queen of Alberni completed a 40 million dollar mid-life upgrade which will prepare the 34-year-old vessel for another 20 years of service.
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