MV Queen of New Westminster

History
Name	Queen of New Westminster
Namesake	City of New Westminster
Operator	BC Ferries
Port of registry	Victoria
Route	Tsawwassen ↔ Swartz Bay Tsawwassen ↔️ Duke Point
Builder	Victoria Machinery Depot
Cost	CA$3.6 million (1962)[1]
Yard number	105
Laid down	May 24, 1963
Launched	May 12, 1964
In service	August 4, 1964
Identification	IMO number: 6413663 MMSI number: 316001255 Callsign: VDQQ
Status	In service
General characteristics
Displacement	6,122 tonnes
Length	130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Installed power	16,800hp
Propulsion	Four Wärtsilä VASA 9R32 engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers: 1,332 Vehicles: 270 cars

The MV Queen of New Westminster is a Canadian roll-on, roll-off passenger ferry operated by BC Ferries.^[2]

In 1964, the vessel was built as one of seven Victoria class ferries. Like her sister ships, she was lengthened in 1973 at Burrard Dry Dock. After the ship damaged a crankshaft beyond repair, she was re-engined with four Wärtsilä engines, had the car deck platform ramps removed and was raised to add a second car deck at Vancouver Shipyards in 1991. After being raised for a second car deck, she would normally be considered a Victoria class ferry as she shares most of the characteristics of that class, but because of her improved powerplants and higher clearance car decks, she is unique. Her two former sister ships are the Burnaby class vessels Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of Burnaby, which are also not considered Victoria class vessels because they did not receive the additional car deck which created the final Victoria class ferries.

Though her four Victoria class sister ships were all scrapped by 2012, she had a major refit of her passenger areas between late 2007 and early 2009 to prepare her for another ten to fifteen years of service.