Queen of the North
MV Queen of the North
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| History | |
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| Name: | Stena Danica |
| Owner: | Stena Line |
| Port of registry: |
 Sweden
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| Route: | Gothenburg, Sweden and Frederikshavn |
| Builder: | AG Weser Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Launched: | February 16, 1969 |
| Acquired: | June 28, 1969 |
| Fate: | Sold to BC Ferries for CAD $13.8 million in April 1974 |
| Name: | Queen of Surrey |
| Owner: | BC Ferries |
| Port of registry: |
 Victoria, British Columbia
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| Route: | Horseshoe Bay –Departure Bay. |
| Acquired: | April 1974 |
| Out of service: | 1976 to 1980 |
| Fate: | Ship was refit and renamed. |
| Name: | Queen of the North |
| Owner: | BC Ferries |
| Port of registry: |
Victoria, British Columbia
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| Fate: | Sank on March 22, 2006. Ship's final position is 53°19.917′N 129°14.729′W |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | RORO ferry |
| Tonnage: | 8,806 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft 1 1⁄4 in) |
| Beam: | 19.74 m (64 ft 9 1⁄8 in) |
| Draft: | 5.24 m (17 ft 2 1⁄4 in) |
| Installed power: | 638 kW (856 hp) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN V40/54 diesels |
| Speed: | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
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The M/V Queen of the North was a Roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry built by AG Weser of Germany and operated by BC Ferries, which ran along a scenic 18-hour route along the British Columbia Coast of Canada between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a route also known as the Inside Passage. On March 22, 2006, with 101 people aboard, she failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank. Two passengers, whose bodies were never found, died in the incident. The ship had a gross tonnage of 8,806 (the fifth largest in fleet), and an overall length of 125 metres (14th longest in the fleet). She had a capacity of 700 passengers and 115 cars.
The ship was built by AG Weser, Bremerhaven, Germany in 1969, and was originally operated by Stena Line as Stena Danica on the route between Gothenburg, Sweden and Frederikshavn in Denmark. She was sold to BC Ferries for CAD $13.8 million.
After purchasing Stena Danica from the Stena Line, the ship was rechristened Queen of Surrey by then NDP Minister of Transportation and Communications, Robert Strachan, in April 1974. Queen of Surrey began operating between Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. This busy route requires 8 transits per day and due to her RORO bow design, it was quickly evident that the vessel was unsuitable for this route since she could not be loaded and unloaded as fast as necessary. The ship was decommissioned in 1976 and laid up at BC Ferries' dockyard at Deas Island in Vancouver while the government debated what to do with her.
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