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Post by FNS on Jun 7, 2022 3:49:19 GMT -8
Just got word from Fiji Goundar Shipping office For the last time RIP The vessel LOMAIVITI PRINCESS V will be beaching to night, here is its schedule . Beaching schedule (Approximate) as under : ================================= 20: 00 Hrs. to 21. 45 : Beaching Operation of the Vessel 21 : 45 Hrs. to 22 : 30 : Shut down Main Engine / Generator, and ready for disembarkation 22 : 30 Hrs. to 00 : 15 : Disembarkation from the Vessel . Monsoon Season Fishing Boat Not available after Water go back 3 hrs and Crew will Disembarkation 00 : 15 Hrs to 01 : 30 : Immigration Clearance Formalities at Alang 01 : 30 Hrs to 03 : 00 : Arrival In Customs Office 03.00 Hrs To 04.00 : Customs Sign Off Formalities and reach at Hotel in Bhavnagar thankyou all for following LPV Thank you for the update. Is that PDT (Vancouver BC) or Alang time? I'll be watching her blip at: marinetraffic.com |
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Post by FNS on Jun 7, 2022 7:28:25 GMT -8
It appears movement has started. Shown as a generic blip at this moment.
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Post by FNS on Jun 7, 2022 8:07:35 GMT -8
Her generic blip shows less than a mile to go.
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Post by Ollie on Jun 7, 2022 9:54:12 GMT -8
It looks like Queen of Nanaimo has arrived onto the beach now.
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Post by FNS on Jun 7, 2022 9:56:37 GMT -8
 TUE 2022-06-07 0821PDT The QUEEN OF NANAIMO has sailed her last miles. First movement was shown on MT at 0821PDT. I guestimate that she weighed anchor for the last time at around 0800PDT this morning Seattle WA/Vancouver BC time. The movement was shown as her generic blip and a slow refresh rate.  TUE 2022-06-07 0841PDT Final good rudder action.  TUE 2022-06-07 0901PDT Heading straight to the beach and a mile out.  TUE 2022-06-07 0931PDT FINALFinal blip delivered to my computer at this timestamp. After a long career, the crew of the QUEEN OF NANAIMO (LP5) rang the Finished With Engines telegraph order for the final time as she beached herself on the shores of Alang India. She had served her riders faithfully on the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay and the Tsawwassen to the Gulf Islands routes in British Columbia and did her best in serving the people of The Fiji Islands on routes out of Suva. Now, the fifth of the "Seven Sisters" has ended her life as a ship and parts of her will be used as something else. Her brave crew, under the leadership of Captain Louis Madden, have navigated and delivered the ship safely to her final destination. Some few good images of the trip and the beaching at Alang are already on the captain's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/louiemaddenTo the MV QUEEN OF NANAIMO, and as MV LOMAIVITI PRINCESS V(5) in your final years, thank you for your service in the areas you have served. This concludes my tracking reports of this ship. SAFE ENDING |
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Post by rustcoast on Jun 7, 2022 10:25:58 GMT -8
TUE 2022-06-07 0821PDT The QUEEN OF NANAIMO has sailed her last miles. First movement was shown on MT at 0821PDT. I guestimate that she weighed anchor for the last time at around 0800PDT this morning Seattle WA/Vancouver BC time. The movement was shown as her generic blip and a slow refresh rate. TUE 2022-06-07 0841PDT Final good rudder action. TUE 2022-06-07 0901PDT Heading straight to the beach and a mile out. TUE 2022-06-07 0931PDT FINALFinal blip delivered to my computer at this timestamp. After a long career, the crew of the QUEEN OF NANAIMO (LP5) rang the Finished With Engines telegraph order for the final time as she beached herself on the shores of Alang India. She had served her riders faithfully on the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay and the Tsawwassen to the Gulf Islands routes in British Columbia and did her best in serving the people of The Fiji Islands on routes out of Suva. Now, the fifth of the "Seven Sisters" has ended her life as a ship and parts of her will be used as something else. Her brave crew, under the leadership of Captain Louis Madden, have navigated and delivered the ship safely to her final destination. Some few good images of the trip and the beaching at Alang are already on the captain's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/louiemaddenTo the MV QUEEN OF NANAIMO, and as MV LOMAIVITI PRINCESS V(5) in your final years, thank you for your service in the areas you have served. This concludes my tracking reports of this ship. SAFE ENDINGThank you so much for your reports. The link was also very helpful, as we saw the beaching of the Lmv5. Its great that everyone arrived safely. So long to the Queen of Nanaimo. |
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Post by FNS on Jun 7, 2022 11:43:57 GMT -8
Thank you so much for your reports. The link was also very helpful, as we saw the beaching of the Lmv5. Its great that everyone arrived safely. So long to the Queen of Nanaimo. Thanks for your complement. It's been a long "voyage" for me, but it was worth it. Seeing this ship by map sail through some neat waterways was a treat as most ordinary ferries don't really do this. This majesty would never sail under tow, no matter what kind of shape her machinery was. She was determined to get to her final resting place under her own power! And she did!!!It's interesting to note that her replacement whistle sounds the same as our KDT ferries do as well as the MV ISLAND HOME. I think it's a nice sound. You can hear it on the beaching video in Captain Madden's Facebook page. When the Alang tide table Ship News ticker includes this ship, I'll get screen shots of it and post the strip on this thread. It was in the 80s F when she beached. No 100s F at this time, thank goodness. It looks like the crew took out their trash in one of the pics shown. I'll be doing the same tonight as "Oscar The Grouch's" best friend picks up ours Wednesday morning. Have a great Tuesday! More later ... |
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Post by shark on Jun 7, 2022 15:01:52 GMT -8
To all the ferry watches
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Post by FNS on Jun 7, 2022 22:53:33 GMT -8
 FULL size HERE
 This is the Ship News ticker from the Alang tide site already posting our ship of interest. We wish the crew a safe return home to Fiji. |
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Post by FNS on Jun 10, 2022 11:36:01 GMT -8
The Facebook page of Captain Madden's reveals what a generous person he is.
He was riding in an open sided vehicle around a town near the ship breakers. The driver charged him 200 rupees for the ride. Captain Madden gave him 500 rupees, enough for three days of work (India standards). This converts to $6.40 US, however, and is very low compared to our standards here in USA. Despite that, the driver drove away with a smile on his face, knowing he can feed his family.
The captain and most of the crew are off India soil now and are aboard a plane. They found an airport near the beaching site at Ahmedabad.
After the beaching, I watched the capstan turning in Captain Madden's Facebook video. I guess this is also connected to the anchor chain. This is where she dropped her hook(s) for the last time before final machinery shutdown. It seems to me that this ferry has let her hook touch bottom more times while operating for Goundar than for BCF. I've seen deckhands go out on the bow aboard these ferries and ready the anchor in Active Pass. I just wonder how many times these ferries let their anchors touch bottom in BC? I guess they do it in the drydocks for maintenance.
It's interesting to note that both the VICTORIA and NANAIMO had dark paint on their main deck superstructures when beaching in Alang. TAKU the same. The MAGGIE had black paint above the red bottom, but white from the main deck upwards.
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Post by Ollie on Jun 10, 2022 12:34:34 GMT -8
Is the disassembly of Lomaiviti Princess V has started or does it stay on the beach for a long time?
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 10, 2022 15:19:33 GMT -8
Is the disassembly of Lomaiviti Princess V has started or does it stay on the beach for a long time? I am fairly sure they start in on it right away. The Nanaimo is probably already semi-dismantled. |
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 29, 2022 8:33:39 GMT -8
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Post by pacificcat99 on Jun 29, 2022 9:48:07 GMT -8
Thank you for posting this. Do you think the BC Maritime Museum would be interested in the Zodiac? Wonder how much it would cost to ship that back to BC. I keep trying to look at various places to see if I can find the ship wheel for sale but no luck so far. The Nanaimo had a brass bell too right? Wonder if we can find it somehow? |
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 29, 2022 10:46:01 GMT -8
Thank you for posting this. Do you think the BC Maritime Museum would be interested in the Zodiac? Wonder how much it would cost to ship that back to BC. I keep trying to look at various places to see if I can find the ship wheel for sale but no luck so far. The Nanaimo had a brass bell too right? Wonder if we can find it somehow? Key namesake items were removed and preserved prior to the sale to Goundar Shipping. Items such as the bell, wheel, etc are at the head office in Victoria. In fact, I swear I could see it on display at the window of one of the top floor corner units of the Atrium, facing the intersection of Blanshard and Johnson. I don’t know for a fact if that was the wheel, however there is a ship’s wheel sitting up there. A new wheel was fabricated to replace the classic wheel, and even the airchime whistles were removed and replaced by a simple single tone whistle. One of the smaller bells that was originally located up on the port side bridge wing is now in the office at Long Harbour terminal . And the coat of arms now lives aboard the “Seahorse” tugboat anchored in Ganges. flic.kr/p/2cnbe1gI don’t think there’s any significance to the zodiac at this point though. From the pictures, it looks like the inflatable collar that runs around the outside of the hull has been removed |
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Post by Ollie on Jun 30, 2022 19:26:36 GMT -8
Are those Lomaiviti Princess V parts from Queen of Nanaimo or Queen of Burnaby? |
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 1, 2022 9:08:09 GMT -8
Are those Lomaiviti Princess V parts from Queen of Nanaimo or Queen of Burnaby? They would be from the Nanaimo. However the Mitsubishi bow thruster engine was from the Burnaby. The swap was done right after the Burnaby was retired, along with various other parts and pieces that were used to keep her going for another few years in the South Pacific |
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Post by rustcoast on Aug 6, 2022 8:58:17 GMT -8
I found a photo of the LMV5 on google maps. It seems untouched www.google.com/maps/place/Alang+Ship+Breaking+Yard/@21.4246583,72.2128611,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMPYQNa4Yz70O8csU8lET_SfFa5HYXYJAfc6Nsz!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMPYQNa4Yz70O8csU8lET_SfFa5HYXYJAfc6Nsz%3Dw203-h446-k-no!7i1892!8i4160!4m14!1m6!3m5!1s0x3be1eefe0d454937:0xd8cbbd0735a7bdec!2sAlang+Ship+Breaking+Yard!8m2!3d21.4070881!4d72.1942306!3m6!1s0x3be1eefe0d454937:0xd8cbbd0735a7bdec!8m2!3d21.4070881!4d72.1942306!14m1!1BCgIgARICGAI?hl=en sorry for the long link |
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Post by FNS on Aug 6, 2022 16:55:57 GMT -8
I found a photo of the LMV5 on google maps. It seems untouched www.google.com/maps/place/Alang+Ship+Breaking+Yard/@21.4246583,72.2128611,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMPYQNa4Yz70O8csU8lET_SfFa5HYXYJAfc6Nsz!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMPYQNa4Yz70O8csU8lET_SfFa5HYXYJAfc6Nsz%3Dw203-h446-k-no!7i1892!8i4160!4m14!1m6!3m5!1s0x3be1eefe0d454937:0xd8cbbd0735a7bdec!2sAlang+Ship+Breaking+Yard!8m2!3d21.4070881!4d72.1942306!3m6!1s0x3be1eefe0d454937:0xd8cbbd0735a7bdec!8m2!3d21.4070881!4d72.1942306!14m1!1BCgIgARICGAI?hl=en sorry for the long link ,72.2128611,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMPYQNa4Yz70O8csU8lET_SfFa5HYXYJAfc6Nsz!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMPYQNa4Yz70O8csU8lET_SfFa5HYXYJAfc6Nsz%3Dw203-h446-k-no!7i1892!8i4160!4m14!1m6!3m5!1s0x3be1eefe0d454937:0xd8cbbd0735a7bdec!2sAlang+Ship+Breaking+Yard!8m2!3d21.4070881!4d72.1942306!3m6!1s0x3be1eefe0d454937:0xd8cbbd0735a7bdec!8m2!3d21.4070881!4d72.1942306!14m1!1BCgIgARICGAI?hl=en Highlight and copy the entire link above and paste it into the internet address box. |
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Post by Mike on Aug 6, 2022 17:29:41 GMT -8
I found a photo of the LMV5 on google maps. It seems untouched sorry for the long link Or just insert a link using the button above the textbox for making a post. Like so. |
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Post by paulvanb on Aug 7, 2022 10:08:05 GMT -8
Funny, she kept a blue funnel to the end.
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Post by timmyc on Aug 8, 2022 19:41:42 GMT -8
Highlight and copy the entire link above and paste it into the internet address box. Or just insert a link using the button above the textbox for making a post. Like so.And for future reference, you can get a much shorter and more friendly link to such images by clicking the three dots next to the photographer/uploader's name and clicking the "Share" option, which provides this link: goo.gl/maps/HurB5gURJtqejctDA |
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Post by yak on Aug 17, 2022 1:45:41 GMT -8
Thank you for posting this. Do you think the BC Maritime Museum would be interested in the Zodiac? Wonder how much it would cost to ship that back to BC. I keep trying to look at various places to see if I can find the ship wheel for sale but no luck so far. The Nanaimo had a brass bell too right? Wonder if we can find it somehow? Key namesake items were removed and preserved prior to the sale to Goundar Shipping. Items such as the bell, wheel, etc are at the head office in Victoria. Two random recollections about this... First, after delivering the Nanaimo to Deas for decommissioning I remember being recruited for a mission of the utmost importance - securing the ship's bell. Under direction of the Master my Deck crew (I was Chief Officer at the time) were tasked with ensuring the bell was discreetly removed with an appropriate monkey wrench. Along with other key items it was quietly stowed in the back of a Toyota Tacoma to be driven off and held in our (not BCF's) care until we knew that it would make it's way into the right hands. A few weeks later the emails were flying out from the Atrium requesting that the missing bell be released. By that point the "Lomiavati Princess V" had been re-equipped with her own bell so there was some degree of confidence that the liberated "MV Queen of Nanaimo" bell would be preserved as a memento within the company and the request was obliged. Second, with months (weeks?) to spare before the ship's retirement I remember one of the Quartermasters completely inadvertently breaking off one of the wooden handles on the wheel. I still remember the look of horror on his face, though it was by no particular fault of his own that the decades of sweaty hands had worn through the grip. The Nanaimo spent that final period of time in the service of BCF with one smartly machined prosthetic brass handle among her wooden ones. I'd also heard that that particular wheel had come off the Sidney but perhaps Ferryman is more in the know than I am regarding that rumour. |
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 25, 2022 11:47:23 GMT -8
Half of the Nanny is already broken down. See at 05:13 in this video Edit: Video was deleted. See attached image from 5:13... Attachments:
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2022 15:31:54 GMT -8
Half of the Nanny is already broken down. See at 05:13 in this video She looks a bit like Queen of the Islands, now. |
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