MV Veteran

MV Veteran is a ferry operating in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is operated by the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Infrastructure
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	IMO number: 9736901 MMSI number: 316014210 Callsign: XJCA
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Ropax ferry
Tonnage	4,459 GT[1]
Length	81.05 m (265 ft 11 in)
Beam	17.20 m (56 ft 5 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Ice class	1a Super
Installed power	3,200 kW (4,300 hp)
Propulsion	2 x 1600 KW Rolls-Royce azimuth thrusters Electric drive[3]
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 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]