Ferries around the World

1850grt Royal Sovereign in General Steam Navigation colours moored at Tower Bridge.Following the end of World War Two General Steam Navigation Co Ltd placed an order with William Denny for a replacement vessel for the sunken Royal Soveriegn.The ship was launched on May 7th 1948 and completed her maiden voyage on July 24th 1948, sailing from Tower Pier, London to Ramsgate.During 1967 the ship was sold to Townsend Brothers and converted to carry a maimum of twenty four lorries between Dover & Zeebrugge, being renamed Autocarrier for this service.In 1973 the Autocarrier was sold to Naples operator Societa Patrenopea di Navigazione in 1973 for ferry service between Naples & the island of Ischia. The ship was altered for this service and renamed Ischia. During 1975 she passed to Navigazione Toscana, Livorno, for services to Portoferraio on Elba. In the 1980s she returned to Naples-Ischia servoce for Traghetti Pozzuoli SRL.The ship was sold in late 2007 and broken up at a shipbreakers in Aliaga, Turkey.

ONGIARA crossing from Hanlan's Point to the City Terminal on 25th May 2018.

The Cowes Floating Bridge No.5 withdrawn and rotting away at Gosport on 10th January 2020.

2000 built Ro-Ro ferry Celandine seen passing the closed Tilbury power station on 8th August 2017.

The PLACE FERRY entering St.Mawes Harbour on 31st March 2016.The Place ferry runs a regular service between St Mawes and Place Creek on the Roseland Peninsula.

Red Funnel announced in May 2015 that they had placed an order for the ₤6 million vessel with Shemara Refit LLP of East Cowes, making Red Jet 6 the first high-speed ferry built in the UK in fifteen years.Red Jet 6 is 41.12 metres (134.9 ft) long, with a passenger capacity of 275.She is powered by four MTU series 2000 diesel engines, each powering a waterjet for propulsion and steering giving a service speed of 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h), allowing a crossing time of 23 minutes. She can operate with one engine out with only a minor reduction in speed.Red Jet 6 was named by the Princess Royal at a ceremony at East Cowes on 4 July 2016.

The former Wightlink ferry St.Helen now Anna Mur,laid up at Hythe on Southampton Water for the ferry company Delcomar.Delcomar Shipping Company is a company born in Sardinia in 1985 by entrepreneur Sardinian Franco Del Giudice.

Ferries at Dover on 10th July 2015.P&Os Spirit of France arriving.

Stena Line Birkenhead to Belfast Ferry Stena Lagan seen at berth at Birkenhead on 29th April 2013.