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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Canada | Canada}} | Ship name=Queen of Cowichan | Ship namesake=Cowichan Bay, British Columbia | Ship owner=British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. | Ship operator=British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. | Ship registry= | Ship route=Departure Bay - Horseshoe Bay | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Burrard Yarrows Ltd. (Victoria) | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=1976 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | 7411143}}- {{MMSI Number|316001251}}
- Callsign: CZ4990
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | C|ferry}} | Ship tonnage=6503 | Ship displacement= | Ship tons burthen= | 139|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam= | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | 11860|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}} | Ship propulsion= Two MaK 12M551AK | 20.5|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity=*1,494 passengers & crew | Ship complement= | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship notes=
}} | MV Queen of Cowichan is a BC Ferries vessel, built in Victoria, British Columbia in 1976. It joined the other two C-class ferries built that year, {{MV|Queen of Alberni||2}} and {{MV|Queen of Coquitlam||2}}, and was followed by {{MV|Queen of Surrey||2}} and {{MV|Queen of Oak Bay||2}}. The ship, like all C-class ferries, is double-ended. This means the ship never has to turn around in port during regular service. The ships two MaK 12M551AK engines turn out {{convert|11,860|hp|lk=in}} which gives it a service speed of {{convert|22|kn|lk=in}}. Like all the C-class ferries it is {{convert|139.28|m|ftin}} long. Almost identical to Queen of Coquitlam, the vessel has a car capacity of 392 and a passenger capacity for 1,466 people. The ship has two car decks. A lower car deck capable of carrying trucks and buses carries the overheight vehicles while the upper car deck can carry the majority of the cars on board. She is named for the regional district of Cowichan Valley Regional District. External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310124634/http://www.bcferries.com/about/fleet/profile-queen_of_cowichan.html BC Ferries: Queen of Cowichan]
- West Coast Ferries: Queen of Cowichan
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050916044436/http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/1995/m95w0145/m95w0145.asp The Canadian Transportation Safety Board's report on accident aboard in 1995]
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