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unusual facts about C-class ferry


C-class ferry

At one time these ferries operated on the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen route, but due to limitations placed on their speed when transiting Active Pass—after an accident they were required to operate in the more maneuverable docking mode rather than cruising mode—it is no longer feasible to run them on that route.


Coastal-class ferry

She was followed by Coastal Inspiration, which left Germany on February 9 and arrived March 25, and the Coastal Celebration, which departed on May 9 and arrived on June 18.

The first new Coastal Class vessel, Coastal Renaissance, departed for British Columbia on October 27, 2007, and arrived in British Columbia on December 13, 2007.

Dee Why-class ferry

The Dee Why and Curl Curl, were built for the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company (PJ & MS Co.) by Napier and Miller, the famous Scottish shipbuilders, at Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow, Scotland.

GSL-class Ferry

GSL class of personnel ferries are series of six service craft built by state owned Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco for Indian Navy.

K-class ferry

Both the Kulleet and the Klatawa were owned and operated by Metro Vancouver's Transportation Authority, TransLink, and they ran the Albion ↔ Fort Langley route on the Fraser River, between the Maple Ridge suburb of Albion on the North, to McMillan Island in Fort Langley, to the south.

On July 31, 2009, the Albion Ferry shut down after the opening of the Golden Ears Bridge.

MV Klickitat

She was serving on the Keystone-Port Townsend crossing in November 2007 when the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues.

N-class ferry

MV Nicola, (A.K.A. Spirit of Lax Kw' Alaams) owned by BC Ferries, but operated by Lax Kw'alaams First Nations.

Olympic-class ferry

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee was the one to strike the first weld on the Samish.

Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class ferry

There was opposition to the ferries due to allegations of beach erosion in Rich Passage caused by their wake.

Sidney-class ferry

The Queen of Sidney also was seen in the 2013 film The Marine 3: Homefront starring The Miz.

The Queen of Sidney is the sight for one of the fight scenes in the 2009 film Damage starring Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The resting place of the Queen of Sidney, and the Queen of Tsawwassen, were used in the television show The Secret Circle as the location for a battle between the circle of witches and the witch hunters in the episode "Family."

Steel Electric-class ferry

The Steel Electric class ferries were built in 1927 for Southern Pacific Transportation Company service on San Francisco Bay.

T-class ferry

She replaced the original Quadra Queen on the Campbell RiverQuathiaski Cove (Quadra Island) route.


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