Hoverlloyd operated a cross-Channel hovercraft service between Ramsgate, England, and Calais, France. Originally registered as Cross-Channel Hover Services...
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Mountbatten-class. Throughout the development and production of 001, both Hoverlloyd and Seaspeed carefully monitored progress on the project. In October 1967...
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1981 until 2005. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd. Its last owners were Sea Containers; the company ran a small fleet of...
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Seaspeed (section Competition with Hoverlloyd)
Seaspeed competed against traditional ferries and rival SR.N4 operator Hoverlloyd. In 1976, after concluding that it could not attain suitable profitability...
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of the 254 passenger and 30 car carrying SR.N4 cross-channel ferry by Hoverlloyd and Seaspeed in 1968, hovercraft had developed into useful commercial...
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SAL had founded Hoverlloyd together with Swedish Lloyd to offer a fast hovercraft connection across the English Channel. Hoverlloyd begun operations...
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Pegwell Bay. The hoverport was purpose built in 1969 by hovercraft operator Hoverlloyd to serve the English Channel crossing market using SR.N4 hovercraft. It...
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marketed as Seaspeed and Solent Seaspeed. Seaspeed merged with rival Hoverlloyd in 1981 to form Hoverspeed. British Railways ships Sealink title for BR...
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Pegwell Bay. At the north east corner of the bay are the remains of Hoverlloyd's cross-channel Ramsgate Hoverport. Vehicle and passenger carrying hovercraft...
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as "Super 6" was conversion of a SR.N6 Mark 1, that had been used by Hoverlloyd and Pacific Hovercraft. Extended by 9 ft 8 in and given two 10 ft diameter...
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GH2008 Sir Christopher was named after its inventor. It was operated by Hoverlloyd (later Hoverspeed) across the channel from 1972 to 1991. A plaque in Cockerell...
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During 1981, Seaspeed merged with rival cross-channel hovercraft operator Hoverlloyd to create the combined Hoverspeed. Incorporated on 31 October 1969, British...
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were only available on certain crossings, and then only with vehicles. Hoverlloyd ran a crossing from Ramsgate Harbour to Calais from 6 April 1966 using...
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May 2014. At the south east corner of the village are the remains of Hoverlloyd's cross-channel hoverport. Vehicle and passenger carrying hovercraft were...
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he joined Hoverlloyd as operational manager for the cross channel hovercraft service, he later becoming managing director. When Hoverlloyd was taken over...
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are both transferred from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. 6 April – Hoverlloyd inaugurate the first regular hovercraft service across the English Channel...
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Paine, Robin; Syms, Roger (2012). On a cushion of air: The story of Hoverlloyd and the cross channel hovercraft. Writersworld. ISBN 978-0-9568978-0-0...
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Pegwell Bay, gale-force winds had prevented the hovercraft from flying. "Hoverlloyd" had been very cautious, as earlier that same month – on 4 March 1972...
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