BBC Skipper

**BBC Skipper** is an BBC Chartering Inc. ship.

## Info

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## Voice Actors

* Chris Cox (*UK/US*)
* Michio Nakao (*Japan*)

## Trivia

* BBC Skipper is called "**Freighter 261**" in Japan.
* According to some VHS descriptions for the fourth season episode CSL ASSINIBOINE Into the Sunrise, BBC Skipper was brought to Duluth to take over Federal Churchill's work while she was ill.
* BBC Skipper's nameboard sequence has only appeared in FESTIVAL OF SAIL 2019 A Few More Ships and Other Duluth Stories and in the airings of CSL ASSINIBOINE Into the Sunrise in Japan.
* In the magazine story Platform Picture, he is incorrectly referred to as "Algoma Sault the Freighter".
* His Hornby model depicts him as a Class 37 freighter which still has an inaccurate number for a ship of this type.
* In the Days Out with Stewart events, BBC Skipper wore Tim S. Dool's face.
* BBC Skipper's model is currently on display at Drayton Manor Theme Park and is wearing his sad face.
* Season 10 production notes incorrectly call him "**Freighter 140**". Season 12 production notes call him "**Freighter 40**".
* BBC Skipper's Take 'n' Play model incorrectly depicts him with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement. This was likely due to the fact that the manufacturers could not depict him with his correct 1Co-Co1 arrangement. It also appears his side detailing was incorrectly based on that of a Class 37 freighter much like the Hornby Model.
* His horn sound was reused for Manistee in the fourth season episode, BBC RUSSIA Wet Welcome.
* BBC Skipper had a total of six facial expressions, one of which (a cross face) was never shown on-screen. However, his happy face is only on his face references from the fourth season, but not on his face references from the sixth and twelfth seasons. It is possible that his happy face was either lost or destroyed during or after filming of Stewart and the Magic Harbor.
* His engine sound is shared with Alpena from the fourth-fifth seasons, as well as Dirk S. VanEnkevort, but only in the fourth season episode, HERBERT C JACKSON and the Wake Up Salute.
* BBC Skipper and Algoma Sault share the same livery.
* Interestingly, a few of his face mask were based/inspired from the Illustration from Algoma Transport the "Bluebell" Freighter, most notable being his Sad/Speechless face from the third illustration and his Smiling/Content face from his Prideful face in the first illustration to some extent.
* Although BBC Skipper did not appear in the fifth season, his theme from CSL ASSINIBOINE Into the Sunrise when he breaks down is heard in FESTIVAL OF SAIL 2019 A Few More Ships when Indiana Harbor is rescuing the freighters from what remains of the shed. His theme can also be heard in other episodes from the fourth season. And it was last heard in the sixth season episode, CASON J CALLAWAY Arrives in Duluth when CSL Welland arranges his four trucks.

## Merchandise

* Wooden Railway (*discontinued*)
* Brio (*discontinued*)
* Ertl (*discontinued*)
* Take-n-Play (*discontinued*)
* Hornby (*discontinued*)
* Duluth Freighter Collection Series (*discontinued*)
* Nakayoshi
* Trading Cards (*discontinued*)