page_title: V-class ferry
section_title: Former V-class vessels
hierarchical_section_title: V-class ferry / Former V-class vessels
caption_attribution_description: This is along the Mayne Island shoreline near Laura Bluff
context_page_description: The V-class ferries, also known as Victoria class, originally included seven BC Ferries built between 1962 and 1965. These vessels were the backbone of service on the Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay route prior to the arrival of MV Spirit of British Columbia in 1993. Some of these vessels underwent vehicle capacity increases three times.
  The vessels began to be retired in 2000. Four vessels were slated to be retired and sold in 2008. The transfer of Queen of Esquimalt was halted and she was broken up in Ensenada, Mexico. Both Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of Burnaby were retired in 2017. Queen of New Westminster is still in service with BC Ferries.
context_section_description: Queen of Vancouver (scrapped)
  
  Former MV City of Vancouver
  
  Built: Vancouver, British Columbia, 1962
  
  Retired: April 15, 2009 – Sold to Coast Marine, moored at Woodfibre until 2012, sent for scrapping to Ensenada, Mexico
  
  Length: 129.9 m (426 ft)
  
  Power: 9,000 hp (6.7 MW)
  
  Propulsion: Two MaK 9MU551AK
  
  Service speed: 18.5 knots (34 km/h)
  
  Gross tons: 9,357.22
  
  Car capacity: 338
  
  Passenger & crew capacity: 1,708
  
  Route: Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay
  Queen of Saanich (scrapped)
  
  Built: Victoria, British Columbia, 1963
  
  Retired: November 18, 2008 – Sold. Renamed Owen Belle. Used as a logging camp on the coast of the Vancouver Island. Later moved to be moored on west side of Anvil Island in Howe Sound. Scrapped in 2012 at Ensenada, Mexico.
  Length: 129.9 m (426 ft)
  
  Power: 8,941 hp (6.7 MW)
  
  Propulsion: Two MaK 8M551AK
  
  Service speed: 18.5 knots (34 km/h)
  
  Gross tons: 9,301.65
  
  Car capacity: 360
  
  Passenger & crew capacity: 1,708
  
  Route: Swartz Bay – Tsawwassen
  Queen of Esquimalt (scrapped)
  
  Built: Victoria, British Columbia, 1963
  
  Retired: May 25, 2008 – Sold to Dalian Golden Sun I/E Co., Ltd. Docked in Port Alberni and renamed Princess Jacqueline. In 2011 the vessel was scrapped in Ensenada, Mexico.
  
  Length: 129.9 m (426 ft)
  
  Power: 8,500 hp (6.3 MW)
  
  Propulsion: Two MaK 8M551AK
  
  Service speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
  
  Gross tons: 9,304
  
  Car capacity: 376
  
  Passenger & crew capacity: 1,656
  
  Route: Langdale – Horseshoe Bay (summer), spare ship in all other seasons.
  Queen of Victoria (scrapped)
  
  Former MV City of Victoria
  
  Built: Victoria, British Columbia, 1962
  
  Retired: 2001 – sold to R & G Importadora & Exportadora of the Dominican Republic. Renamed Queen of Ocoa. Scrapped in 2006 at Alang, India.
  
  Length: 129.9 m (426 ft)
  
  Power: 9,000 hp (6.7 MW)
  
  Propulsion: Two MaK 9MU551AK
  
  Service speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
  
  Gross tons: 9,294
  
  Car capacity: 286
  
  Passenger & crew capacity: 1,360
  
  Route: Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay
  Queen of Nanaimo (sold)
  
  Built: Victoria, British Columbia, 1964
  
  Retired: July 27, 2017 – sold to Groundar Shipping co, in Fiji. Renamed MV Lomaiti Princess V. 
  
  Length: 129.9 M (426 ft)
  
  Power: 6,000 hp (4.5 MW)
  
  Propulsion: 2x Mirrlees National KVSSM twin turbo V16 Diesel
  
  Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
  
  Capacity: 968 passengers and crew
  
  192 cars
caption: Queen of Victoria
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