Queen of Oak Bay departs the Departure Bay ferry terminal in June 2008.
History
Name
Queen of Oak Bay
Operator
BC Ferries
Port of registry
Victoria Canada
Route
Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay
Builder
Burrard Yarrows, Victoria
Completed
1981, upgraded 2005
Identification
IMO number: 7902283
MMSI number: 316001257
Official number: 396065
Callsign: VG8234
General characteristics
Class and type
C-class double-ended roll-on/roll-off ferry
Tonnage
6,968.91 tons
Length
139.29 m (457 ft)
Beam
27 m (89 ft)
Draft
6 m (20 ft)
Installed power
11,840 hp (8,830 kW)
Propulsion
2 × MaK 12M551AK
Speed
19–22 knots (35–41 km/h; 22–25 mph)
Capacity
1,466 passengers
362 vehicles
Crew
34
Queen of Oak Bay in 2019, with Burrard Inlet and the city of Vancouver at the background.
MV Queen of Oak Bay is a double-ended C-class roll-on/roll-off ferry in the BC Ferries fleet, launched in 1981 at Victoria, British Columbia. The 139.29-metre (457 ft) long, 6,969-ton vessel has a capacity for 362 cars and over 1,500 passengers and crew. She normally operates on BC Ferries' Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay (Nanaimo) route, part of the Trans-Canada Highway. She is named for the district of Oak Bay.
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