MV Veteran

The MV Veteran is a ferry operating in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is operated by the provincial Department of Transportation and Works, entering service on the route from Newfoundland to Fogo Island and Change Islands at the end of 2015.[5]

History
Name: Veteran
Operator: Newfoundland Department of Transportation and Works
Route: Farewell – Fogo and Change Islands
Builder: Damen Group, Galați, Romania[1]
Cost: CA $50 million[2]
Yard number: 539305[3]
Launched: 27 March 2015[4]
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: Ropax ferry
Tonnage: 4,459 GT[1]
Length: 81.05 m (266 ft)
Beam: 17.20 m (56 ft)
Draught: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Ice class: 1 A Super[4]
Installed power: 3200 kW (4300 hp)
Propulsion:
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Capacity:
  • 200 passengers[2]
  • 64 vehicles[1]

Veteran is the first of two vessels built for the province by Damen Group in Galați, Romania. The second, MV Legionnaire, currently serves the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's to Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) route, alongside the MV Flanders. The vessels’ names commemorate the centennial of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment’s landing at Gallipoli, in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.[1]

References
  1. "MV Veteran" (PDF). Marine Services Branch, Department of Transportation and Works, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "New Fogo Island-Change Islands ferry MV Veteran launched in Romania". CBC News. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "Damen Ropax Ferry 8017 Veteran". Damen Group. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Damen RoPax Ferry MV Veteran for Canadian lifeline vessel replacement". Damen Group. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. "Residents 'in awe' of new Fogo Island-Change Islands ferry". CBC News. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.


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