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The Tachek is a ferry operated by the Canadian shipping company BC Ferries .
history
The ship was built under hull number 164 at the Allied Shipbuilders shipyard in North Vancouver for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways. Completion took place in March 1969. The ferry is a sister ship of the Quadra Queen II with slightly different dimensions. The two ships are assigned to the T-class of the BC Ferries shipping company.
The ferry started as the Texada Queen and was initially used between Powell River and Blubber Bay on Texada Island , after which the ship was named.
In 1977 the ferry was rebuilt and got new drive motors. In this context, it was also renamed. The ship's new name was Tachek .
In 1979 the North Island Princess took over the route between Powell River and Blubber Bay. The Tachek has now been used on different routes, including between Port McNeill on Vancouver Island , Sointula on Malcolm Island and Alert Bay on Cormorant Island.
In 1985 BC Ferries took over the ship from the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways. BC Ferries also used the ship on various routes, including between Swartz Bay and Lyall Harbor on Saturna Island , Swartz Bay and Fulford Harbor on Saltspring Island , Crofton and Vesuvius on Saltspring Island, Hornby Island and Denman Island and Heriot Bay on Quadra Island and Whaletown on Cortes Island , but also again on the route between Port McNeill, Sointula and Albert Bay and as a replacement ship between Powell River and Blubber Bay or to complement Tsawwassen and the southern Gulf Islands .
In 2001 the ferry was modernized and the propulsion system overhauled at the Point Hope Maritime shipyard in Victoria . From December 2012 to October 2013 it was modernized again so that it could be used until 2029. The ship was previously scheduled to be decommissioned for the 2015 financial year. The work was carried out at BC Ferries' workshop in Richmond and at the Point Hope Maritime shipyard.
Technical specifications
The ship is powered by two Mitsubishi - diesel engines : powered, which were installed in the modernization of the ship in 2013 (type S12R). They replace the previously installed Caterpillar diesel engines (type: D398). The motors act on two fixed propellers via gears . Two shaft generators driven by the main engines as well as two John Deere diesel generators and another John Deere diesel generator as an emergency generator are available for the power supply. In addition, lithium iron phosphate accumulators are available for supplying consumers if the energy generated by the generators is insufficient.
The drive motors are equipped with a heat recovery system so that the waste heat from the motors can be used to provide hot water and to heat the ferry.
During the modernization of the ferry in 2013, a bow thruster was also installed, which is driven by an electric motor with an output of 200 kW . In addition, the ferry was provided with a bulbous bow .
The ferry has a continuous vehicle deck with four lanes, over which the deck superstructures build in the middle area . The clearance height is around 4.5 meters. The ferry can carry 26 cars and is approved for a total of 150 people.
Individual evidence
- ^ Allied Shipbuilders, North Vancouver BC , Shipbuilding History (as of February 4, 2015). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ↑ Application to the British Columbia Ferries Commissioner , British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., January 3, 2017 (PDF, 772 kB). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ↑ a b Tachek , West Coast Ferries. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ↑ a b Tachek , BC Ferries. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ↑ BC Ferries' MV Tachek returns to water after $ 20-million refit , Times Colonist, October 18, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ↑ MV Tachek Life Extension Project , BC Ferries, October 2012 (PDF, 51 kB). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ↑ a b c d BC Ferries' Tachek undergoes life extension project , Riviera Maritime Media, May 2, 2014. Accessed December 13, 2019.