• 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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    ocean-going catamaran built in 1990 by Incat for Hoverspeed and currently owned by Seajets. In 1990, as Hoverspeed Great Britain, she took the Hales Trophy for...
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    name Snaefell. Caldera Vista was launched as Hoverspeed France for Sea Containers, for use with Hoverspeed, in 1991; and operated as the Sardegna Express...
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  • languished, until revived in 1990 for the Incat built passenger/car ferry Hoverspeed Great Britain when she established a new speed record for a commercial...
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    arrived at Liverpool on 28 November 2002. For 2003-2004 she operated for Hoverspeed between Dover and Calais. From September 2004 until March 2007 she was...
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  • English Channel between 1965 and 1981, when it merged with a rival to form Hoverspeed. Seaspeed was a jointly owned subsidiary of railway companies British...
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  • Hoverlloyd and Seaspeed merged to create the combined Hoverspeed. Hoverlloyd services under the Hoverspeed banner from Ramsgate were subsequently withdrawn...
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  • relaunch during 1982. During February 1986, the British ferry company Hoverspeed was purchased for £5 million by British Ferries, a holding company for...
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    service was instituted by Hoverspeed using SuperSeaCat Two in April 1999, however this service ended in 2005. Despite the Hoverspeed passenger service, a conventional...
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    until 1982 following a merger with rival Seaspeed to form the combined Hoverspeed, and operated exclusively from Seaspeed's Dover hoverport. The site remained...
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  • Asklander, Micke. "HSC Hoverspeed Belgium (1991)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 April 2008. Asklander, Micke. "HSC Hoverspeed France (1991)". Fakta...
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    weather. Transferred to Hoverspeed in 1983 after a number of modifications but was returned to SNCF later that year after Hoverspeed decided she was not suitable...
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    English Channel to open a new Hoverspeed route between Newhaven and Dieppe. After four years of operation, Hoverspeed closed the Newhaven - Dieppe route...
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    the English Channel. When Hoverspeed bought Holyman, the Holyman Rapide became known as Rapide and transferred to Hoverspeed's English Channel Routes. In...
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    1981 to form Hoverspeed, which operated six SR.N4 of all marks. The last of the craft was withdrawn from service in October 2000 and Hoverspeed itself ceased...
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    Sealink British Ferries to Stena Line. The sale excluded the operations of Hoverspeed, the Isle of Wight services and the share in the Isle of Man Steam Packet...
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  • hovercraft company currently operating in the world since the demise of Hoverspeed. Hovertravel is now the world's oldest hovercraft operator, and this service...
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    passenger-carrying ocean liners. The Hales Trophy was lost in 1990 to Hoverspeed Great Britain, which set a new eastbound speed record for a commercial...
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  • began its service in April 2021 Former operators Dover–Calais ferry (Hoverspeed), a British shipping company that operated hovercraft and catamarans Dover–Calais...
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  • Calais, France, operated by Seaspeed from 1968 to 1981 (and thence by Hoverspeed until 2000). Her name is visible on her bow, as is the Seaspeed logo....
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    merged their 20 Calais sailings into the current P&O operation in 1998. Hoverspeed ceased operations in 2005 and withdrew their 8 daily sailings. SpeedFerries...
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    entered services between Dover and Calais for Sea Containers subsidiary Hoverspeed in 1997, named HSC SuperSeaCat Two before moving to the Irish Sea in 1998...
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    until the Earl Granville violently ran aground off Cherbourg. Hoverspeed ran the HOVERSPEED GB from Portsmouth to Cherbourg intermittently one summer –...
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  • Paul Brown of Dover, Jenkins and Pain, cross-channel ferry operators Hoverspeed and SeaFrance, local car dealership Perry's, and Gomez, the company owned...
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    to the early 2000s for a cross-channel hovercraft service run by Hoverspeed. Hoverspeed also ran catamaran services until being declared bankrupt in 2005...
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    used by rival operators Hoverlloyd and Seaspeed (which joined to form Hoverspeed in 1981) to operate regular car and passenger carrying services across...
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    Christopher was named after its inventor. It was operated by Hoverlloyd (later Hoverspeed) across the channel from 1972 to 1991. A plaque in Cockerell Rise, East...
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    D'Albâtre and MS Seven Sisters. DFDS Seaways (Newhaven: three sailings daily) Hoverspeed (Newhaven: three sailings daily). Withdrawn in 2004. P&O Stena Line (Newhaven:...
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    the record still held by United States. This was achieved in 1990 by Hoverspeed Great Britain, with a non-stop crossing of 79 hours 54 minutes, averaging...
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    to 1998, but this became no longer viable Holyman became partners with Hoverspeed and moved the service to Dover.[citation needed] In the mid-90s Sally...
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