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MV Queen of the North was a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry built by AG Weser of Germany and operated by BC Ferries, which ran along an 18-hour route along the British Columbia Coast of Canada between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a route also known as the Inside Passage.
Queen of the North Canada: 22 March 2006 A ro-ro ferry run aground on Gil Island in Wright Sound: Quesnel Canada: 13 May 1921 A sternwheeler that was wrecked on the Fraser River. San Pedro Canada: 24 November 1891
MV Queen of the North: Failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank. 23 July 2006: MV Cougar Ace: Severely listed. Was successfully salvaged and returned to service. [10] 8 March 2007: MV Repubblica di Genova: Capsized inside Antwerp port, due to possible incorrect stowage and ballast. Towage was required [11] 21 June 2008
MV Queen of the North, a RO-RO ferry launched in 1969 and sank in 2006, operated by BC Ferries, formerly Stena Danica; Queen of the North (steamship), a steam ferry launched in 1929, also called Princess Norah, Canadian Prince, Beachcomber
The wreck is encrusted with oysters, as well as sponges, corals, and other invertebrate growth and rests upright on a white, sandy bottom. [27] Archaeologists are working toward designating the wreck a U.S. National Historic Site because of the significance it holds in the evolution of Canada's military. [13]
MV Queen of the North; S. USS Saranac (1848) HMCS Saskatchewan (DDE 262) Sechelt (steamboat) USS South Dakota (ACR-9) T. USS Tattnall (DD-125) HMCS Thiepval;
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
Queen of the North – On 21 March, the RORO/Passenger Ferry failed to execute a planned course change and struck Gil Island while traveling through the Inside Passage from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy, both in British Columbia. The collision ripped open her hull and tore out her propellers, leaving her adrift in Wright Sound where she sank ...