List of retired BC Ferries ships


List of retired BC Ferries:

Retired ferries

Since the 1960s, BC Ferries has retired the following ferries:
NameBuilt Years in serviceClassAuto capacityPassenger capacityNotesRefs
19271961-1963-35600Acquired in Black Ball purchase
19461961-1966-46473Acquired in Black Ball purchase; named Scotian when built
19281961-1966-45600Acquired in Black Ball purchase, formerly named Bainbridge
19251961-1966-18134Acquired in Gulf Island Ferry Co. purchase, previously named Fox Island and Wollochet
1913 1961-1966-18135Acquired in Gulf Island Ferry Co. purchase; formerly named Island Princess and Daily
19521967-1976-180+973Originally named Vacationland and later Père Nouvel Sank while being towed for scrap December 3, 1987
19471961-1976-83670Acquired in Black Ball purchase, originally named Chinook
1903 1961-1976-80600Acquired in Black Ball purchase, formerly named Kahloke, City of Sacramento, and Asbury Park; scrapped in 2009
19691969-1979-030
1923 1961-1980-40250Acquired in Gulf Island Ferry Co. purchase, formerly named Motor Princess. Sunk and scrapped in 2003
19551985-1987Princess class150984Formerly part of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways' saltwater ferry fleet and the Canadian Pacific Railway
19631963-1991-40400Sold in 1991, permanently moored in Mosquito Creek Marina in North Vancouver since 2009
19491961-1996-36187Acquired in Gulf Island Ferry Co. purchase, formerly named Delta Princess
19501962-1998-35184Originally named Lloyd Jones and sailed on Okanagan Lake, sold to R & G Importadora & Exportadora of the Dominican Republic in 1998
19601960-2000Sidney138989First BC Ferries vessel, abandoned in 2000
1962 1962-2000V2861360Stretched in 1970, upper deck added in 1981 to increase capacity; sold to R & G Importadora & Exportadora of the Dominican Republic in 2001
19981998-2000PacifiCat2351000Video documentary filmed about the ship's construction
19991999-2000PacifiCat2351000
2000PacifiCat2351000Would have entered service in 2000
19611985-2002N16133Formerly part of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways' saltwater ferry fleet
19691974-2006-115650Purchased from Stena Line in 1974; formerly named Queen of Surrey and Stena Danica; sank in Wright Sound on March 22, 2006
1963 1963-2008V3761630Stretched in 1969, upper deck added in 1982 to increase capacity
19601960-2008Sidney128640
1962 1962-2008V3601672Stretched in 1972, upper deck added in 1982 to increase capacity
1962 1962-2009V3381670Stretched in 1972, upper deck added in 1981 to increase capacity
19651965-2009-80510Last BC Ferry built at Victoria Machinery Depot
19561969-2011-16136Acquired in 1969 purchase of Coast Ferries
19781991-2015-115400Acquired by Goundar Shipping in 2015
19641985-2016-24244Acquired by Lady Rose Marine Services in 2016
1965 1965-1994; 2000-2017Burnaby168904Stretched in 1972 to increase capacity
1964 1964-2017Burnaby1641163Stretched in 1974 to increase capacity
MV Nimpkish
19731985 - 2019N1295transferred to BC Ferries in 1985
MV Howe Sound Queen19641971-2019-52300Purchased in 1971

Planned to be Retired

Several of the K class ferries that had served as Albion ferries are retired and for sale after the opening of the Golden Ears Bridge in 2009.
BC Ferries has plans to retire the Queen of New Westminster, Queen of Alberni, Queen of Coquitlam, and the Queen of Cowichan starting in 2024.