M/V Quadra Queen - 1960, now the MV Spirit of Lax Kw'alaams Hull 117 M/V Garibaldi - 1961, now the MV RJ Breadner. Hull 164 M/V Tachek - 1969 Hull 165 M/V Quadra Queen II - 1969 Between 1949 and 1992, Allied delivered 252 vessels. Since 1993, it has constructed seven. Internally these are numbered hulls 253-259. Hull 253, designed by Robert Allan Ltd., is a 2,400-horsepower, z-peller berthing tug for C.H. Cates & Sons, which is now part of Seaspan Marine. Hulls 255 and 254 are the forward-hull sections of the two Spirit Class ferries, the Spirit of British Columbia and the Spirit of Vancouver Island. The ships are also part of the BC Ferries's fleet. Both sections measure . Hull 256 is an aluminum catamaran patrol vessel purpose-built for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Inkster. The Inkster allows the RCMP to service communities on the BC North Coast. Hull 257 was designed in-house and is the M/V Skeena Queen, a Century class ferry capable of carrying 100 vehicles, and is part of the BC Ferries fleet. Hull 258 is a harbour-patrol vessel, the Takaya, built for the Vancouver Port Authority. It joined its sister ship the Kla-Wichen (hull 245) also built by Allied. Hull number 259, a former Utah State Ferry, the MV John Atlantic Burr, was redesigned for BC Ferries. The capacity of the ship was lengthened and widened with an addition to the middle of the hull. A new superstructure was fitted, along with new machinery, piping and equipment. It was rechristened as the MV Kuper. The launching, the first at Allied since 1997, took place on November 3, 2006. and - 1973 Ships of steel Allied's founder, Thomas Arthur (T.A.) McLaren, a Professional Engineer and Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, worked with Vancouver author Vickie Jensen and his son, Malcolm McLaren, to publish the book Ships of Steel, a British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story. The book provides an overview of steel shipbuilding in British Columbia from the view of a typical shipbuilding firm, and includes personal recollections contributed by T.A. from his years in the shipbuilding industry. The book was published after T.A.'s death in 1999. References External links Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Ships of Steel, a British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story Shipbuilding companies of Canada Defence companies of Canada Companies based in Vancouver Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1948 1948