The Queen of the North disaster : the captain's story

Summary: Few recent events in British Columbia have seized the public mind like the 2006 sinking of the BC Ferries passenger vessel "Queen of the North". More than a decade later, questions are still being asked. How did a ship that sailed the same course thousands of times fall victim to such an inexplicable and tragic incident? The basic facts are beyond dispute. Just after midnight on March 22, 2006, the "Queen of the North" struck an underwater ledge off Gil Island, 135 kilometres south of Prince Rupert. The impact tore open the ship's bottom and ripped out the propellers. In just over an hour, she sank to the bottom of Wright Sound, 427 metres below the surface. Despire the crew's skilled evacuation, two passengers went missing and have since been declared deceased.

Record details

ISBN: 9781550177619
ISBN: 1550177613
Physical Description: print
regular print
xii, 212 pages, 8 numbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	List of abbreviations -- Note to readers -- Flagship -- Get up! -- Survival -- Make no statements -- The criminalization of a seafarer -- What happened -- The automatic pilot -- Second guessing -- Must the captain go down with the ship? -- Master of the ship -- Missed opportunity -- Aftermath.