Retired BC Ferries ships

List of retired BC Ferries:

* MV Langdale Queen (built in 1903 by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia as the coastal steamer SS Asbury Park; purchased by the Monticello Steamship Company and moved to San Francisco Bay in 1918, where she was refitted and rebuilt as the car ferry SS City of Sacramento; transferred to Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries in 1925 and enlarged; purchased by Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) in 1941 and moved to the Seattle-Bremerton route in Puget Sound; transferred to PSNC's Canadian affiliate, Black Ball Ferries, in 1952 and refitted and rebuilt as MV Kahloke to operate on the Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route across the Strait of Georgia; purchased by BC Ferries in 1961; renamed MV Langdale Queen and moved to the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale route in 1964; retired in 1976; hull intermittently used as a barge in the 1980s; scrapped in 2005) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/cityofsacramento.html Photos of MV Langdale Queen (ex-Kahloke, ex-City of Sacramento, ex-Asbury Park)] ]
* MV Cy Peck (built in 1913 as SS Daily) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/beferriesretired.html Photo of MV Cy Peck (ex-Island Princess, ex-Daily)] ]
* MV Pender Queen (built by Yarrows Shipyards (Esquimalt) in 1923 as MV Motor Princess) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/beferriesretired.html Photo of MV Pender Queen (ex-Motor Princess)] ]
* MV George S. Pearson (built in 1925 as MV Wollochet) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/lostboatsII Photos of MV George S. Pearson (ex-Fox Island, ex-Wollochet)] ]
* MV Quillayute (built in 1927) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/quillayute.html Photos of MV Quillayute] ]
* MV Jervis Queen (built in 1928 as MV Bainbridge) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/bainbridge.html Photos of MV Jervis Queen (ex-Bainbridge)] ]
* SS Smokwa (built in 1946 as SS Scotian) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/smokwa.html Photos of SS Smokwa (ex-Scotian)] ]
* MV Sechelt Queen (built by Todd Shipyards (Seattle) in 1947 as MV Chinook, refitted and rebuilt in 1954 as MV Chinook II) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/chinookone.html Photos of MV Sechelt Queen (ex-Chinoook II, ex Chinook)] ]
* MV Salt Spring Queen (built by Yarrows Shipyards (Esquimalt) in 1949 as MV Delta Princess)
* MV Vesuvius Queen (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1951 as MV Lloyd Jones, sold to R & G Importadora & Exportadora of the Dominican Republic in 1998) [ [http://www.marinelink.com/Story/BC+Ferries+Sells+Queen+Of+Victoria-4498.html MarineLink.com: Sale of the MV Vesuvius Queen] ]
* MV Sunshine Coast Queen (built in 1951 as MV Vacationland; purchased as MV Père Nouvel in 1966)
* MV Princess of Vancouver (built in 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Railway)
* MV Queen of Sidney (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1960 as MV Sidney)
* MV Queen of Victoria (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1962 as MV City of Victoria, sold to R & G Importadora & Exportadora of the Dominican Republic in 2001) [ [http://www.marinelink.com/Story/BC+Ferries+Sells+Queen+Of+Victoria-4498.html MarineLink.com: Sale of the MV Queen of Victoria] ] )
* MV Queen of Esquimalt (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1963, sold to a Chinese operator in 2008) [ [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=48b64447-af80-4f4b-b2a1-caa7221d5ddd "Times Colonist", "Queen of Esquimalt sold to buyer in China", 12 July 2008] ]
* MV Queen of the Islands (built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1965)
* MV Queen of the North (built in 1969 as MV Stena Danica; renamed MV Queen of Surrey in 1973; renamed MV Queen of the North in 1976; sank in Wright Sound on 22 March, 2006)
* FastCat Series (three high-speed catamarans built by a subsidiary of BC Ferries, the first two of which were in service in 1999 and 2000)
** MV PacifiCat Explorer (built in 1998; sold to Washington Marine Group in 2003)
** MV PacifiCat Discovery (built in 1999; sold to Washington Marine Group in 2003)
** MV PacifiCat Voyager (built in 2000; sold to Washington Marine Group in 2003)
* MV Dogwood Princess
* MV Dogwood Princess II
* MV Nicola
* MV Albert J. Savoie

On 30 January, 2008, BC Ferries announced that it was preparing to retire four additional ships, the MV Queen of Esquimalt (see list above) and three others:

* MV Queen of Tsawwassen (built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1960 as MV Tsawwassen) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/sidneyclass.html Photos of MV Queen of Tsawwassen (ex-Tsawwassen)] ]
* MV Queen of Vancouver (built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1962 as MV City of Vancouver) [ [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/vclass.html Photos of MV Queen of Vancouver (ex-City of Vancouver)] ]
* MV Queen of Saanich (built by Victoria Machinery Depot in 1963)

ee also

* [http://www.bcferries.bc.ca/corporate/history/milestones.html BC Ferries Milestone]
* [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/forgotten.html Black Ball ferries of Puget Sound transferred to British Columbia waters in the 1950s (Group 1)]
* [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/beferriesretired.html Black Ball ferries of Puget Sound transferred to British Columbia waters in the 1950s (Group 2)]
* [http://www.evergreenfleet.com/bcferriespage.html Ships of the BC Ferries fleet]

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