S-class ferry
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The Spirit -Class or S-Class (English Spirit Class or S- Class) of the shipping company BC Ferries is a series of ro-pax vessels, which emerged in the years 1992 to 1994. In the Spirit -class ferries are the two largest RoRo ships of the company and they are also known as " Super Ferries ."
The busy of the two ferries distance between the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal and the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal provides since a portion of Highway 17.
Construction of ships
The two ferries were built in several shipyards, it was a division of labor ( the bow section - Rear Section - constructions - interior work ). The 200 foot long bow section were. Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. by the shipyard built in Vancouver, while the 340 foot long tail section of the shipyard Yarrows Ltd. were built in Victoria. The two sections were then towed to Esquimalt and there connected to the hull before it was towed to Surrey. In Surrey the hull then received its construction. The final interior construction of two ferries was then returned to Esquimalt.
The construction of each of the two ship at that time cost about 137 million Canadian dollars ( CAD).
Ships of the series
BC Ferries has from this class the two ferries Spirit of British Columbia and Spirit of Vancouver Iceland in operation. Both vessels fly the Canadian flag and registered in Victoria. As a rule, the two ships travel the route between Vancouver and the Lower Mainland Iceland four times per day.
Spirit of Vancouver Iceland
Technical information
The ship propulsion is diesel electric.