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is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Southern Railways
steam turbine cross-channel ferry Dinard, built in 1924 by Denny (Dumbarton,
River Clyde). As built, she was 2294 gross tons and carried 1300
passengers (354 in berths).
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route between Southampton and St Malo, for which a speed of 19
knots was adequate. She served with distinction in World War
2, being both at Dunkirk and Normandy, but required major refurbishment
after being returning to civilian service. The demand for the
transportation of cars to France was increasing, so Dinard was rebuilt as a car-ferry,
returning to service in June 1947 between Dover (and Folkestone)
and Boulogne, with tonnage reduced to 1769grt, and a capacity
of 363 passengers and 70 cars. She passed to the nationalised
British Railways in 1948. At this stage cars were still crane-loaded
aboard, but in 1953 she received modifications to the stern,
allowing cars to be loaded over a ramp, inaugurating the drive-on
service between Dover and Boulogne on which Dinard remained until withdrawn
in 1958.
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being scrapped, Dinard was sold to become the
first ship of mighty Baltic ferry giants Viking Line, whose operations
began on 1st June 1959 between Gräddö and Korppoo,
for Åland owners Gunnar
Eklund and Henning Rundberg. They renamed her Viking,
after further modifications to car capacity and appearance had
been made.
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- Dinard - Southern Railway 1924-47
- Dinard - British Railways (Southern
Region) 1924-47
- Viking - Viking Line 1959-70
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- Dinard
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Railway: 1924-1947)
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Railways: 1948-1959)
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- Kingsway
(W.H.Smith) real photographic postcard S.15635 of Dinard
as delivered for the Southampton to St Malo overnight route in
1924. The minimal white upperworks was the style of the London
& South Western Railway, who had become part of the Southern
Railway at the Railway Grouping of 1923.
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- Real
Photographs postcard 839 of Dinard with increased white
superstructure.
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- Laurent-Nel
postcard 2764 (Rennes) of Dinard at St Malo.
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card was posted from St Malo in August 1934.
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- Photograph
of Dinard at St Malo.
- Scan:
Geoffrey Tribe
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- Photograph
of Dinard at St Malo.
- Scan:
Geoffrey Tribe
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- Photograph
of Dinard as a hospital ship in WW2.
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- Valentines
postcard K5181 of Dinard at Dover as a car ferry after
the war.
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- Photo
Precision postcard 4-615 of Dinard at Dover as a car ferry
after the war, using the same photograph as the card above.
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- D.Constance
photographic postcard of Dinard at Dover as a car ferry
after the war.
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- A.Duncan
photographic postcard of Dinard at Dover as a car ferry
after the war.
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- Viking
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Line: 1959-70)
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- Dinard was sold to become the
first ship of Viking Line, whose operations began on 1st June
1959 between Gräddö and Korppoo, for Åland owners
Gunnar Eklund and Henning Rundberg. They renamed her Viking,
after further modifications to car capacity and appearance had
been made.
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- Company
postcard of Viking.
- Scan:
Susanne Stenius.
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- Postcard
of Viking.
- Scan:
Peter Therkildsen.
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- Postcard
of Viking at Mariehamn.
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
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- Postcard
of Viking.
- Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
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- Postcard
of Viking.
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Färjeminnen.
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© Bernt Fogelberg.
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
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- Publisher:
Färjeminnen 2735
Copyright: © Michael Schneiter-GOTH/HAULER Stockholm
Photo: Eric Johansson.
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
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- Modern
Farje Minnen postcard serial number 2630 of Viking.
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by Bernt Fogelberg at Stockholm, April 1965.
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