Princess of Acadia

Princess of Acadia

The Princess of Acadia in August 2007

Ship data flag  Canada Ship type ferry home port Saint John Owner Canadian Ministry of Transportation Shipping company Bay Ferries Limited Shipyard Saint John Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company , Saint John Build number 1098 Order 1969 Keel laying January 1, 1970 takeover May 15, 1971 Commissioning June 1, 1971 Decommissioning July 28, 2015 Whereabouts Scrapped in Port Colborne in 2018

Ship dimensions and crew length 146.31 m ( Lüa ) width 20.53 m Draft Max. 4.64 m measurement 10,051 GRT   crew 28

Machine system machine 4 × GM 16-645-E5 diesel engines Machine performance 8,564 kW (11,644 hp) Top speed 18.5 kn (34 km / h) propeller 2 × propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 2,447 dw running track meters 480 m Permitted number of passengers 641 Vehicle capacity 159 cars

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register Registration numbers IMO no. 7039567

The Princess of Acadia was a ferry from the Canadian Bay Ferries Limited that entered service in 1971. The ship used between Saint John and Digby remained in service until July 2015 and was scrapped in Port Colborne in 2018 .

history

The Princess of Acadia was ordered in 1969 under the name Princess of Nova and laid down on January 1, 1970 . After being taken over by Canadian Pacific Limited on May 15, 1971, the ship began ferry operations on June 1 on the route from Saint John to Digby.

The Princess of Acadia in Saint John, August 2007

In December 1974, the Princess of Acadia became the property of the Canadian Ministry of Transportation, but was still managed by the Canadian Pacific Limited. In 1976, the government of Canada took over the ship. From 1979 the Princess of Acadia was managed by CN Marine and from 1988 by Marine Atlantic . In April 1997, the ship went back into the possession of the Canadian Ministry of Transportation, it was operated from now on by Bay Ferries Limited.

On July 28, 2015, the Princess of Acadia ended her last voyage after 44 years of service and was then hung up . Its successor on the route from Saint John to Digby was the Fundy Rose , which originally entered service under the Greek flag as Blue Star Ithaki in 2000 . The future whereabouts of the Princess of Acadia initially remained unclear.

In 2018, the ship was scrapped in Port Colbourne after having been anchored there since 2017.

Web links

Commons : IMO 7039567  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• the ship on ferry-site.dk (Danish)
• Report on the decommissioning of the ship on maritimematters.com (English)