The SR.N4 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 4) hovercraft (also known as the Mountbatten class hovercraft) was a combined passenger and vehicle-carrying class of...
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the SR.N6 has been attributed as heavily contributing towards the design and production of the largest civil hovercraft to be ever produced, the SR.N4. Several...
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Seaspeed (section SR.N4 modifications)
it opted to repeatedly upgrade the SR.N4 fleet. During the late 1970s, Seaspeed introduced the stretched SR.N4 Mk.III, greatly increasing its capacity;...
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Hovercraft (section SR.N1)
Vickers-Armstrong VA-3. With the introduction of the 254 passenger and 30 car carrying SR.N4 cross-channel ferry by Hoverlloyd and Seaspeed in 1968, hovercraft had developed...
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portfolio. Perhaps the most high-profile vehicle produced by BHC was the large SR.N4 Mountbatten class hovercraft; it was the largest civil-orientated hovercraft...
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Harbour to Calais Harbour, operated the SR.N6 hovercraft while awaiting the completion of the considerably larger SR.N4 ferries. In addition to competing with...
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operator Hoverlloyd to serve the English Channel crossing market using SR.N4 hovercraft. It operated passenger services until 1982 following a merger...
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year. Hoverspeed played a part in developing the hovercraft, and ran six SR.N4 Mountbatten class hovercraft and one SEDAM N500 Naviplane. Hoverspeed last...
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tested, the museum collection includes SR.N5 and SR.N6 hovercraft. The collection also contains the last remaining SR.N4 craft, the world's largest civil hovercraft...
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power ships and hovercraft such as the Brave-class fast patrol boat and the SR.N4 hovercraft. Industrial Proteus Used for industrial applications such as...
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car-carrying hovercraft was 22 minutes, recorded by the Princess Anne MCH SR-N4 Mk3 on 14 September 1995, The first aircraft to cross the Channel was a...
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them large – the British-built SR.N4 Mk.3 ferries could carry dozens of vehicles. ACVs have a high speed over water (an SR.N4 Mk.1 could do 83 knots (95 mph...
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developed in the 1960s and 1970s to carry cars. The largest was the massive SR.N4 which carried cars in its centre section with ramps at the bow and stern...
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Atlantique, Transall C-160, Short Belfast, and Vickers Vanguard, and the SR.N4 hovercraft. Many of these turboprops are still in service. Amongst the jet...
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200–201. "British Rail to Operate SR.N4". Flight International. 30 December 1965. pp. 77, 88. "British Rail to Operate SR.N4". Flight International. 17 November...
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vehicles, such as the SR.N4, a large cross-Channel ferry capable of seating up to 418 passengers along with 60 cars, and the SR.N6, the first commercially-active...
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work on multiple hovercraft designs; in addition to the relatively huge SR.N4 and studies into a prospective 2,000 ton freighter, there was also interest...
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Rotorcycle SR.N1 ("Saunders Roe Nautical 1"): First modern hovercraft SR.N2 First to operate a commercial service SR.N3 First designed for military use SR.N4 or...
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cm wavelength), one slave radar for the pilot, two VHF radio. Aérotrain SR.N4 (Mountbatten-class) hovercraft Naviplane N300 Named after Jean Bertin, developer...
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List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force The Proteus was still powering SR.N4 hovercraft across the English Channel as late as 2000, and was still powering...
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SR.N3, the first hovercraft designed for military use SR.N4, a large four-prop ferry hovercraft SR.N5, a river patrol hovercraft used in Vietnam SR.N6...
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e.g., GH-2012, the BHC SR.N6 that carried out the first hovercraft expedition up the Amazon, and the Mountbatten-class SR.N4's GH-2006 Princess Margaret...
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cross-Channel services from Dover to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, France using SR-N4 hovercraft in August 1968. During 1981, Seaspeed merged with rival cross-channel...
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trap the man under its hull. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Mountbatten Class SR.N4 Hovercraft Ferry Princess Margaret Seaspeed ferry service Hovercraft are...
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Hovercraft 1969 Knighted for his services to engineering In his life, the SR.N4 hovercraft GH2008 Sir Christopher was named after its inventor. It was operated...
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mid-1960s. These included the SR.N4, a large cross-Channel ferry capable of seating up to 418 passengers along with 60 cars, and the SR.N5, the first commercially-active...
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remaining portion of the line to Brixton opens on 23 July 1971. 1 April: SR.N4 hovercraft Princess Margaret travels down the Thames and under Tower Bridge...
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same role. High speed car ferry service by large hovercraft such as the SR.N4 meant an end to the service. ATL installed unused Rolls-Royce Merlins in...
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Calais from 6 April 1966 using small, passenger-only SR.N6 hovercraft. When the much larger SR.N4 craft, capable of carrying 30 vehicles and 254 passengers...
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vehicles, such as the SR.N4, a large cross-Channel ferry capable of seating up to 418 passengers along with 60 cars, and the SR.N6, the first commercially-active...
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