What ferry was used in "Battlestar Galactica"?

[Mac Write]

a car deck (4 rows each side with bow windows) was used as a civilian shuttle cargo hold. What ferry was it?

[Low Light Mike]

I'm guessing a Washington State Ferry ?

("makes me remember the lovely Caseopoeia....")

that was a good show.

"By Your Command !"

[Mac Write]

Nope it was a BCF. it sure smelled like one. This was filmed in 2003 BTW. Here are some screenshots to prove it.

forums.ferriesofbc.com/bcf.zip

[noleaksyet]

I wondered the same thing while watching. I am assuming the "Vancouver" as it is Tsawwassens #2 boat. It is defenatly a V class.

[Koastal Karl]

Looks like a V class to me. I can sort of see the port holes on the lowe vehicle deck like it's either the Vancouver or Victoria. Well obviously not the Victoria if it was 2003. hmm, that's interesting. But knowing how movies are made now a days it's probably a bunch of different ships to make one, lol! Seeing how the photo of the guy coming down the stairs in that photos the ship looks pretty nice and new!

[Ferryman]

Yeah, I'm thinking it's the Vancouver as well. I can see some sort of port holes on the side, that were probably covered up for the filming. The Esquimalt, and most likely the same with the Saanich, do not show that there were once windows there. It looks freshly painted down there too! That's pretty neat they brought a jet in there as well! Plus I love the fact they used a BC Ferry car deck as a cargo hold of some sort of Spacecraft.

[Koastal Karl]

Could be the following ships, the Queens of Vancouver, Nanaimo, Burnaby or Tsawwassen but when I first saw the photos I thought it was the Vancouver!

[Koastal Karl]

I think it might be the New West because in pic 9 you can see the light shining on the car deck and one of the lines looks like a red line. Only ships with those red lines are the Esquimalt New West and Coquitlam. Also the port holes on the lower deck are covered up. Looking at my photos of the New West at Duke Point I can sort of see them from the exterior where they were. Also no platform decks I can see on the car deck. That's what I think!

[Mac Write]

No Galley decks so that kills the B class. Also it was one continuous shot from coming down the stairs to the car deck.

[Ferryman]

It can't be New West, because it has two different tones of white on the walls. The lower half is bright white, and the upper half is more of a tanish colour.

photosbychris2006.fotopic.net/p26162505.html

I think there is red lines on the lower car deck of every Ferry, as they are the lines used when regular vehicles park down there, and the yellow lines are the lines that are used to the semi trucks.

Queen of Cowichan, #2 end.
photosbychris2006.fotopic.net/p26161712.html

Queen of Oak Bay
photosbychris2006.fotopic.net/p28156521.html

I can see the doors for the Galley decks on the wall for where the Galley deck once was.

[SHipbuilders daughterwife]

Other boats here in Victoria, have been used for television shows also. The tv shows paid for the alterations to the boat--mainly paint jobs.

The Princess Marquerite was used in an episode of General Hospital, in the late 70's early 80's. This was when she was tied up in front of the wax museum.


MacGyver(1985-1992) used the Princess of Victoria(sister ship of the Marguerite) and painted it white---as it was used as a ghost ship. The filming was done in the off season, when the boat was not normally in use.

[Koastal Karl]

I never knew that about the New West though about the paint on the lower car deck although I havent been down to the lower car deck so I dont know. Like the previous post they could of painted it for the movie, but ya never know. The Tsawwassen has those port holes covered up but I dont think it is the Tsawwassen cause it looks like a bigger ship, could be the Vancouver maybe!

[Balfour]

I'm thinking it's the Vancouver.

[Low Light Mike]

Well, I thought that Mac was talking about the original Galactica TV series, so I was interested......but he's talking about the 2003 remake ??

I liked it better when Starbuck was a guy...........

Am I the only person on this board who remembers watching the original? Any other members of the "rag tag fleet of ships" here on this board?

[Mac Write]

We're all too young. I was born when the series launched (78').

[noleaksyet]

i used to watch it, as matter of fact I remember owning quite a few of the mattel? toys that it spun off. unfortunatly they eventually fell to the glory of firecrackers years later. I wonder what they'd be worth now...?

[Curtis]

Definatly the Vancouver if you look at Picture 8 you can see the covered up Car Deck Windows