Ferries around the World

The Cowes Floating Bridge No.5 withdrawn and rotting away at Gosport on 10th January 2020.

Bretagne inbound for Portsmouth from St.Malo passing Southsea on 20th June 2019.

Cowes Express air cushion catamarans ferry Wight Queen outbound from Southampton to Cowes.She was a Norwegian built Cirrus 120P Surface Effect Ship 330 pax and nearly 50 knots and achieved 55 knots on sea trials and for a while was reputed to be the worlds fastest merchant ship.In a short period of time the company had over 50% of foot passenger traffic from ABPs in-house company Red Funnel on the Cowes to Southampton route. This was in early 1992, just before our annual season tickets went on sale and hence the real prospect of a large cash input.A writ was served as ABP were claiming unpaid landing dues for the use of their terminal at Town Quay. We shared this berth with the Hythe Ferry who made more trips per day than us.Cowes Express had to pay over approx.30 times the Hythe Ferry charges.the writ was lifted after 48hous,Cowes Express refusing to pay the charges.Now without the hoped for cash input from the sale of season tickets,the company struggled with cash flow and in Spring 1992 the service ceased.

P&O 1999 built Ro-Ro ferry Norsky seen off Tilbury/Gravesend inbound on 8th August 2017.Norsky is owned by Bore Sky and has been chartered by P&O Ferries.

M.V.Loch Riddon seen at Kilchoan on 29th September 2015.

Brittany Ferries Mont St.Michel at her berth in Portsmouth Harbour on 8th August 2015.

Sydney Ferries.First Fleet Class 1984 built Sirius with 1985 built Charlotte in the background on 26th February 2009.

Wightlink 2008 Croatian built vehicle ferry Wight Sun arriving at Lymington on the evening of 22nd February 2014.

Wightlinks Wight Sky departing Lymington on the afternoon of the 4th June for Yarmouth,Isle of Wight.