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A poor quality reproduction, seen in the original colour scheme without branding.
Belgian Marine Administration / RMT Passenger and Car Ferry departing from Dover.
Sold for Mediterranean service in 1985.
IMO 5192963
Built 1962 J. Boel et Fils, Temse, Belgium
3,057 grt
Scrapped 2004
DV Bennett Postcard in collection
... and a door was about to close between the lead bus and our own. We had a whole compartment for our bus, and another door closed behind us. 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.
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
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 Port of Dover is the cross-channel port situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England. It is the nearest English port to France, at just 34 kilometres (21 mi) away, and is one of the world's busiest passenger ports, with 11.7 million passengers, 2.6 million lorries, 2.2 million cars and motorcycles and 80,000 coaches passing through it in 2017, with an annual turnover of £58.5 million a year. The Channel Tunnel in nearby Cheriton now takes an estimated 20 million passengers and 1.6 million trucks.
The port has been owned and operated by the Dover Harbour Board, a statutory corporation, since it was formed by Royal Charter in 1606 by King James I. Most of the board members are appointees of the Department for Transport. The port has its own private police force,
SNCF (French Railways) Cross Channel Car Ferry alongside.
IMO 6601997
Built 1965 Dubigeon, Normandie, Nantes, France
5,691 grt
Scrapped 2002
Scanned Instamatic Print
1974
One of 2 good-looking cross-channel car ferries built for the Belgian Marine Administration / RMT in the mid-1960s.
Seen departing Ostend for Dover (or possibly Harwich).
Sold to Greek interests in 1983, became 'Georgios Express'.
IMO 6510851
Built 1965, Cockerill, Belgium
3,241 gt
Scrapped 2009
Van Mieghem Postcard bought 1974
Car Ferry operated by the now defunct SeaFrance, currently operating as 'Côtes des Dunes' for DFDS, seen arriving in Dover harbour.
IMO 9232527
Built 2001 Aker Finnyards, Finland
33,796 grt
13Jun2010
A badly framed Instamatic photo of 'Artevelde' departing from Ostend in 1974.
Built for the Belgian Marine Administration (RMT) as a passenger and car ferry. Sold for Greek service in 1976.
IMO 5025586
Built 1958 Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium
2,812 grt
Sank 1996 while under tow after a fire.
Scanned Kodak Instamatic Slide
1974
The classic BR Sealink Turbine Steamer 'Dover' at sea.
Later became 'Earl Siward', 'Sol Express' and then the Nightclub ship 'Tuxedo Royale' at Newcastle for 20 years. Fire in 2017 while laid up.
I always thought this ship was a good example of the design evolution of British Railways Car Ferries.
IMO 6510784
Built 1965 Swan Hunter, Wallsend
5,888 grt
Scrapped 2018/19
Elgate Postcard in collection
A blurry one from the Dover strait
IMO 6608294
Built 1966 Cockerill's, Hoboken, Belgium
4772grt
Scanned from an Instamatic Print
c1976
SNCF (French Railways) Cross Channel Car Ferry berthing at Folkestone in 1974.
IMO 6601997
Built 1965 Dubigeon, Normandie, Nantes, France
5,691 grt
Scrapped 2002
Scanned Instamatic Print
Apr1974
Stena Sealink Passenger Ro-Ro Ferry
IMO 8917388
Built 1991 Bruces/Fosen
18523grt
Scanned from a negative.
28Oct1994
Car Ferry arriving at Dover. Within two years SeaFrance would be liquidated. The ship now operates for DFDS as 'Côte des Flandres'.
IMO 9305843
Built 2005 Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France
31,644 grt
13Jun2010
AP Moller (Norfolk Line) Passenger Car Ferry (Ropax) arriving at Dover.
Later 'Delft Seaways' of DFDS.
IMO 9293088
Built 2006 Samsung HI
35923grt
13Jun2010
Stern view, departing from Dover, formerly the freight ferry 'European Highway'.
IMO 9015266
Built 1992 Schichau Unterweser, Germany
Converted 2003 Lloyd Werft, Germany
30,365 grt
13Jun2010
Belgian Marine Administration car ferry on the Ostend-Dover route, seen here in the original colour scheme prior to any logos being added in the early 1970's.
Sold to Greece in 1983 for further service.
IMO 6510851
Built 1965 Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium
3,023 grt
Scrapped 2009
Valentine's (Elgate) Postcard in collection
On a foggy day Banbridge base4d Baird Brothers Volvo FH Globetrotter coupled to a three axle tanker parked in Windham road Sudbury
My Ferry link - RODIN - Calais enroute to Calais from Dover 25th August 2012
Copyright Mark Andrews 2012
All rights reserved
P&O Ferries passenger car ferry arriving at Dover. Originally Townsend Thoresen's 'Spirit of Free Enterprise'
A Hoverspeed SRN4 hovercraft departs in the background.
IMO 7820473
Built 1980 Schichau Unterweser
20446grt
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
LD Lines Passenger Ro-Ro/Freight Ferry arriving at Dover. Formerly 'Brave Merchant', currently 'Aquarius Brasil'. Only worked from Dover in 2010.
IMO 9147306
Built 1999 Astilleros Espanoles S.A. (AESA), Spain
22,359 grt
13Jun2010
P&O Ferries approaching Dover as Stena Sealink depart across the busy Channel.
Pride of Dover
IMO 8517736
Built 1987 Schichau Unterweser
26433grt
Stena Invicta
IMO 8317942
Built 1985 Nakskov, Denmark
19763grt
Scanned negative
28Oct1994
IMO 5284728
A classic Belgian passenger ferry built 1948 Cockerill at Hoboken for RMT's Ostend-Dover route, scrapped 1973.
3701grt
Postcard
Paddle Steamer is probably a SER/SECR ship, possibly 'Duchess of York'.
St Andrew's convalescent home on top.
Upton's Series Postcard in my possession. These seem to date from about 1904/1905.
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
Brittany Ferries car ferry departing from Portsmouth for Ouistreham / Caen, France. She's been on the route for over 20 years.
IMO 9238337
Built 2002 Van der Giessen de Noord, Netherlands
35,586 grt
25Apr2024