Nigel Thornton
MV Prinses Maria-Esmeralda – Past and Present
Ferries
12th November 2020
MV Prinses Maria-Esmeralda – Past and Present
MV Al Arabia, ex Aqaba Express, Beni Ansar, Wisteria, Beni Ansar, Wisteria, Prinses Maria Esmeralda - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Cockerill yards, Hoboken (Yard No. 877) in…
MV Prins Albert (III) – Past and Present
Ferries
19th June 2020
MV Prins Albert (III) – Past and Present
MV Voyager, ex Eurovoyager, Prins Albert (III) - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Cockerill Yards, Hoboken, (Yard No. 887) in 1978 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT) Ostend…
TS Holyhead Ferry I – Past and Present
British Railways Board (BRB)
26th April 2020
TS Holyhead Ferry I – Past and Present
TS Earl Leofric, ex Holyhead Ferry I - Steel twin screw turbine steamer, built and engined by Hawthorn, Leslie, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in 1965 (Yard No. 757) for the British Railways Board…
MV Prinses Paola – Past and Present
Ferries
20th October 2020
MV Prinses Paola – Past and Present
MV Tropicana ex Saint Lucie, Sea Palace, Tropicana, Prinses Paola © A G Jones Steel twin screw motor vessel, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken, Belgium in 1966 (Yard…
TS Dover (III) – Past and Present
Ferries
25th April 2020
TS Dover (III) – Past and Present
TS Tuxedo Royale, ex Earl Siward, Dover - Steel twin screw turbine steamer, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, (Yard No. 2013) for the British Railways Board in…
MV Koningin Elizabeth – Past and Present
Ferries
27th October 2020
MV Koningin Elizabeth – Past and Present
MV Najd II ex Abha, Koningin Elizabeth Arne Pyson Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken (Yard no 779) in 1956 for the Belgian…
Admiralty Pier Train Ferry Berth
Dover Harbour Board
18th October 2020
Admiralty Pier Train Ferry Berth
With ships becoming much larger only vessels built up to and before the early 1970’s could fit into the original train ferry dock situated within Dover Western Docks. The new…
MV Barfleur – Past and Present
Brittany Ferries (BAI)
5th December 2020
MV Barfleur – Past and Present
MV Barfleur, ex Deal Seaways, Barfleur - Steel twin screw motor vessel built-in 1992 at Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Helsinki, Finland (Yard No. 485) for Truckline Ferries France S.A., Cherbourg, France. (Brittany…
MV Pride of Canterbury – Past and Present
P&O Ferries
9th December 2020
MV Pride of Canterbury – Past and Present
MV Pride of Canterbury, ex European Pathway - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven, (Yard No. 1076) Germany for P&O European Ferries in 1991 as…
MV Pride of Kent – Past and Present
P&O Ferries
9th December 2020
MV Pride of Kent – Past and Present
MV Pride of Kent, ex European Highway - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven, (Yard No. 1073)
Dover Eastern Docks – The Advent of Drive on Drive Off (1952-53)
Dover Harbour Board
18th October 2020
Dover Eastern Docks – The Advent of Drive on Drive Off (1952-53)
It is probably hard to believe that it is now over sixty years since motorists were first able to drive their cars directly on and off the ships at the…
The Dover Train Ferry Dock 1936-1988
Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace (ALA)
27th November 2020
The Dover Train Ferry Dock 1936-1988
In 1933 Southern Railway undertook to order three new train ferries and to construct a train ferry dock at Dover. It was agreed that a site, lying between the South Pier…
HSC Stena Lynx III (Incat 040) – Past and Present
Seajets
10th November 2020
HSC Stena Lynx III (Incat 040) – Past and Present
HSC Rapidlink Jet, ex Ocean Flower 2, Orange 1, Sunflower 2, Stena Lynx III, Elite, Stena Lynx III, P&O Stena Elite, Elite, Stena Lynx III - Aluminium catamaran built in…
MV Seafrance Monet – Past and Present
Sealink Dieppe Ferries
30th November 2020
MV Seafrance Monet – Past and Present
MV Volcan de Tacande, ex Seafrance Monet, Stena Londoner, Versailles, Stena Nautica - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Brodogradiliste Jozo Lozovina Mosor, Trogir, Yugoslavia in 1974 (Yard No.…
MV Stena Empereur – Past and Present
Stena Line
2nd November 2020
MV Stena Empereur – Past and Present
MV Pride of Telemark, ex Alkmini A, Pride of Provence, Stena Empereur, Stena Jutlandica - Steel motor vessel, built in 1983 by Chantiers du Nord et de la Méditerranée (NORMED),…
nf Panther – Past and Present
P&O Ferries
12th January 2021
nf Panther – Past and Present
MV Faye, ex St Sunniva, nf Panther, Lasse II, Lasse, Djursland - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri, Aktieselskab, Helsingor (Yard No 399) in 1972…
MV Sally Star – Past and Present
Sally Line
3rd January 2021
MV Sally Star – Past and Present
MV Wasa Express, ex Betancuria, Thjelvar, Rostock, Thjelvar, Color Traveller, Thjelvar, Sally Star, Travemünde Link, Travemunde - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1981 by OY Wärtsilä Ab Helsinki,…
MV Astor – Past and Present
Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV)
23rd November 2020
MV Astor – Past and Present
MV Astor, ex Fedor Dostyevskiy - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Germany (Yard no 218) in 1986 as a Passenger (Cruise) ship for South African…
MV European Seaway – Past and Present
P&O Ferries
11th January 2021
MV European Seaway – Past and Present
MV European Seaway - Steel twin screw 'Super European Class' motor vessel, built by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven, Germany (Yard No 1075) in 1991 as a Roll On/Roll Off Commercial…