The MV ''Veteran'' is a ferry operating in the province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

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. She is operated by the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, entering service on the route from Newfoundland to Fogo Island and

Change Islands Change Islands is an outport community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The community spans two small islands of the same name which lie off the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland between Notre Dame Bay and the La ...

at the end of 2015. ''Veteran'' is the first of two vessels built for the province by

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in Galați,

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. The second, MV ''Legionnaire'', currently serves the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's to

Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bell Island is an island that is part of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost province. With an area of 34 km2, it is by far the largest island in Conception Bay, a large bay in the southeast of the island of Newfoundland. The p ...

route, alongside the MV Flanders. The vessels’ names commemorate the centennial of the

Royal Newfoundland Regiment The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (R NFLD R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 5th Canadian Division's 37 Canadian Brigade Group. Predecessor units trace their origins to 1795, and since 1949 Royal New ...

’s landing at Gallipoli, in the

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in 1915.

External links

Fogo Island - Change Islands - Farewell ferry schedules

MV ''Veteran'' promotional video

Video showing the launch of the MV ''Veteran''

Damen Group product page

References

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