Month: December 2018

5th January 2019

MV Happy Dover – Past and Present

MV Happy Dover © Frits Olinga Steel single screw “Happy D- Type” motor vessel built in 2011 by Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding, Zhoushan, China (Yard No 573) as a General Cargo,…

British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF)

28th June 2020

MV Reine Mathilde – Past and Present

MV Beauport, ex Reine Mathilde, Prince of Brittany, Prince of Fundy - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1970 by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser, AG, Bremerhaven (Yard No. 477), for Lion Ferry…

Dover Harbour Board

5th January 2019

DHB Granville – Past and Present

Granville Iron paddle-steam tug, built in 1876 by Westwood Baillie, London (Yard No ), for Dover Harbour Board. Technical Data Length: 101.0 ft (overall) (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 10.1 ft Depth: 10.4 ft Draught:…

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV)

11th April 2021

MV Colus – Past and Present

MV Columbus, ex Pacific Pearl, Ocean Village, Arcadia, Star Princess, Sitmar Fair Majesty - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1989 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire, (Yard No…

Cargo Vessels

19th December 2018

MV Fri River – Past and Present

Mv Fri River Ex Velox, Flinterlinge, Lingedijk © Frit Olinga Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2000 by Tille Shipyard ,Kootsertille Holland (Yard No ) as General Cargo vessel .…

British Railways Board (BRB)

28th July 2021

DHB Lady Savile – Past and Present

Lady Savile Ex Penlee, Sir Richard Grenvile (I) Lady Savile Iron twin screw turbine vessel built in 1891 by Cammell Laird Brothers of Birkenhead (Build Order no. 583, Yard No…

Dover Harbour Board

1st February 2019

DHB Lady Curzon – Past and Present

Lady Curzon Steel twin screw steam tug built in by JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields (Yard No 233). Technical Data Length: 120 ft (overall) (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 25.1 ft Depth: 12…