in 1964, the vessel was built as one of seven victoria class ferries. like her sister ships, she was lengthened in 1973 at burrard dry dock. after the ship damaged a crankshaft beyond repair, she was re-engined with four wärtsilä engines, had the car deck platform ramps removed and was raised to add a second car deck at vancouver shipyards in 1991. after being raised for a second car deck, she would normally be considered a victoria class ferry as she shares most of the characteristics of that class, but because of her improved powerplants and higher clearance car decks, she is unique. her two remaining sister ships are the burnaby class vessels "queen of nanaimo" and "queen of burnaby", which are also not considered victoria class vessels because they did not receive the additional car deck which created the final victoria class ferries.