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A line up at Dover on a fresh breezy day in 1994.
Stena Challenger
Stena Sealink Passenger Car Ferry (RoPax)
IMO 8917388
Built 1991 Fosen
18523grt
Pride of Calais
P&O Passenger Car Ferry (RoPax)
IMO 8517748
Built 1987 Schichau Unterweser
26433grt
Scrapped 2013
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
The classic view of a classic ferry, seen departing from the much-missed Folkestone.
IMO 7205063
Built 1972 DCNS Arsenal de la Marine, Brest, France
5,122 grt
Sank in Piraeus harbour 2016, scrapped 2017
Scanned from an Instamatic Print
c1975
Bought in the early or mid-1970s, from a favourite boat chandlers shop in Folkestone are these Aeromarine Prints of Cross-Channel ferries.
I have no idea whatever became of Aeromarine, but the photos were excellent.
The BR Sealink sister ships 'Hengist' and 'Horsa' were long associated with the Folkestone-Boulogne route across the channel.
Here we see them crossing at sea in the Strait. The Sealink design evolution from previous ferries is clear.
Hengist
IMO 7205063
Built 1972 Arsenal de Brest, France
5,122 gt
Sank 2017, Scrapped 2017
Horsa
IMO 7205075
Built 1972 Arsenal de Brest, France
5,109 gt
Believed to be scrapped.
Scanned Aeromarine Print
Undated c.1973
Identified as Artevelde from the stern door and layout, seen departing from Ostend.
An early car ferry on the Ostend - Dover route, also occasionally Ostend - Harwich route.
Sold to Greece in 1976, became 'Aigaion'.
IMO 5025586
Built 1958 Cockerill, Belgium
2,812 gt
Burnt and sank 1986
Van Mieghem Postcard bought 1974
A slightly unusual funnel view of the P&O Freight Ferry, the first of an impressive class of 4 ships.
IMO 9007283
Built 1991 Schichau Seebeckwerft
22986grt
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
Stena-Sealink Passenger Car Ferry (RoPax) seen arriving at Dover. Formerly DSB's 'Peder Paars'.
IMO 8317942
Built 1985 Nakskov Skibsværft
19763grt
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
Undergoing some stern door maintenance
IMO 6910960
Built 1969 Swan Hunter
4,516 grt
Scrapped 2005
Scan of an Instamatic print
Apr 1974
Might be a Belgian Railways paddle steamer closest, and possibly SE&CR 'Dover', 'Calais' or 'Lord Warden' arriving.
Postcard in my possession.
In original condition
IMO 7357567
Built 1975 for RMT
5543grt (originally)
Scanned from an Instamatic Print
1976
The last of P&O's 'European' class of Freight Ferry to remain in near 'as-built' condition, seen entering Dover. Towed to Turkey Jan 2022, future unknown.
IMO 9007283
Built 1991 Schichau Seebeckwerft, Germany
22,986 grt
13Jun2010
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Sealink cross channel car ferry Earl Siward is seen at Dover in 1979.
The ship was withdrawn from Sealink service in 1981.
Stena-Sealink Passenger Car Ferry (RoPax) seen arriving at Dover. Formerly DSB's 'Peder Paars'.
IMO 8317942
Built 1985 Nakskov Skibsværft
19763grt
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
Passenger Ferry built for the SNCF in 1951, primarily on the Folkestone - Calais route, seen here at Folkestone.
IMO 5081217
Built 1951 Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee, Le Havre
3,998 grt
Scrapped 1974
Salmon Postcard in collection
Stena-Sealink Passenger Car Ferry (RoPax) departing from Dover. Formerly DSB's 'Peder Paars'. P&O's 'Pride of Dover' in the foreground.
IMO 8317942
Built 1985 Nakskov Skibsværft
19763grt
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
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P&O Ferry manoeuvring on the berth at Dover, with P&O's 'Spirit of Britain' alongside (delivered that year).
IMO 9015254
Built 1993 Schichau Seebeckwerft, Germany
28,138 grt
15Jul2011
The engine had moved forward, so that it was separated from the rest of the train, leaving space for vehicles to enter. The bus in front of us was the first to enter, and we followed it along a very long corridor which was the inside of the train.
Bainbridge Northern Ireland based Baird Brothers Bulk Liquids DAF XF 105 /460 coupled to a three axle tanker parked on Sudbury lorry park
P&O Passenger Ro-Ro Ferry, formerly 'Pride of Free Enterprise'
IMO 7820497
Built 1980 Schichau Unterweser AG
13728grt
Scanned from a negative.
28Oct1994
The Golden Arrow - The Flèche d’Or
The Golden Arrow and the French equivalent French train the Fleche d’Or was a luxury boat train between London and Paris.
The Flèche d’Or was introduced in 1926 as an all-first-class Pullman service between Paris and Calais. On 15 May 1929, the Southern Railway introduced their equivalent The Golden Arrow between London Victoria and Dover while simultaneously launching a new first class only ship, the Canterbury, for the ferry crossing he train usually consisted of 10 British Pullman cars, hauled by one of the Southern Railway’s Lord Nelson class locomotives, and took 98 minutes to travel between London and Dover.
Because of financial pressures on both the French and British economy by 1931 ordinary first- and third-class carriages were added, while the Canterbury was modified to allow other classes of passenger. The train service ceased at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. It resumed after the war on 15 April 1946, initially running with the pre-war Pullmans and the Trianon Bar car, a converted twelve-wheeled Pullman and the Southern Railway flagship, the Invicta replaced the Canterbury from 10 October 1946. In 1951, a new set of Pullmans was built, as part of British Railways' celebration of the Festival of Britain. In 1961, with the Kent Coast electrification scheme, the train became electric-hauled. This allowed an acceleration to 80 minutes for the down service and 82 minutes for the up service.but a decline in demand for rail travel between London and Paris saw the last Golden Arrow run on 30 September 1972, and in its later years only the first class section was advertised as a Pullman service.
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AP Moller/Maersk/Norfolk Line ferry departing from Dover. Since renamed 'Dover Seaways' for DFDS.
IMO 9318345
Built 2006
Samsung HI, Korea
35,923 grt
13Jun2010
The 'Racing Greyhound' - the last conventional passenger ferry built for the Ostend - Dover service.
Became a cruise ship 1988
IMO 6608294
Built 1966 Cockerill
3388grt
Scrapped 2007
Postcard
Bainbridge N Ireland based Baird Brothers Bulk Liquids Volvo Fh coupled to a three axle tanker trailer having a sample taken outside the Nestle Purina pet food factory at Sudbury
SeaFrance Passenger RoRo Ferry departing from Calais.
Now operated by DFDS as 'Côte des Flandres'
IMO 9305843
Built 2005 Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France
31,644 grt
15Jul2011