page_title: Sidney-class ferry
hierarchical_section_title: Sidney-class ferry
caption_attribution_description: English: Luke Tengs Queen of Sidney
context_page_description: The Sidney Class consists of the original two ferries built for the British Columbia Ferry Corporation in 1960. The design for the ships was based on the MV Coho ferry with changes made to accommodate loading of vehicles through the bow of the vessel. Both vessels serviced different routes throughout their service lives.
  After more than 40 years of service, the Queen of Sidney was retired on November 28, 2000 after numerous complaints of intense rusting and health hazards. The decommissioned ferry was sent to a shipyard in Mission, BC, where it has sat ever since. The Queen of Tsawwassen continued in service until the fall of 2008. A decommissioning ceremony was held on September 27, 2008 at the Deas Pacific Marine shipyard.
  These two ships spent almost all of their service life identical to when they were constructed, except for an expansion of the restaurant areas, due to unexpected food demand shortly after they commenced service.
  Overall length: 102.49m
  Gross tonnage: 3127.33 tons
  Propulsion: Two Mirrlees
  Car capacity: 138
  Passenger Capacity: 989
  Service speed: 18 knots
context_section_description: The Sidney Class consists of the original two ferries built for the British Columbia Ferry Corporation in 1960.  The design for the ships was based on the MV Coho ferry with changes made to accommodate loading of vehicles through the bow of the vessel. Both vessels serviced different routes throughout their service lives.
  After more than 40 years of service, the Queen of Sidney (Hull 85)  was retired on November 28, 2000 after numerous complaints of intense rusting and health hazards. The decommissioned ferry was sent to a shipyard in Mission, BC, where it has sat ever since. The Queen of Tsawwassen (Hull 309) continued in service until the fall of 2008. A decommissioning ceremony was held on September 27, 2008 at the Deas Pacific Marine shipyard.
  These two ships spent almost all of their service life identical to when they were constructed, except for an expansion of the restaurant areas, due to unexpected food demand shortly after they commenced service.
  Overall length: 102.49m
  Gross tonnage: 3127.33 tons
  Propulsion: Two Mirrlees
  Car capacity: 138
  Passenger Capacity: 989
  Service speed: 18 knots
  The Queen of Tsawwassen was built at Burrard Dry Dock in Vancouver, while the Queen of Sidney was built at Victoria Machinery Depot in Victoria.
caption: Queen of Sidney sitting on the Fraser river in 2013
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