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Seaspeed
This page is still under construction!
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of Seaspeed, previously part of Sealink.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a
Fleet List
in chronological order.
On 25 October 1981
Hoverspeed
was formed by the amalgamation of
Hoverlloyd
and Seaspeed (
British Rail/Sealink
).
Hoverlloyd
's Ramsgate-Calais service was closed. Ownership passed to Sea Containers in 1986. All operations remained with hovercraft until 1990, when the first
Seacat
arrived. Hovercraft services ceased in October 2000, and the last two craft were moved to the Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-Solent, with an intention to re-sell. The first
Super SeaCat
arrived in 2000.
Hovercraft on this Page:-
The Princess Anne
- British Hovercraft SRN4 No.004: 1981-2000
The Princess Margaret
- British Hovercraft SRN4 No.001: 1981-2000
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Seaspeed Fleet List
GH2006 - The Princess Margaret
(1981-2000)
The Princess Margaret
was originally the prototype SRN-4-001, built in 1968. After tests, she entered service with Seaspeed. She was later upgraded to Mark 3 standard, and then stetched to Super 4 standard.
The Princess Margaret
passed to Hoverspeed in 1981, and was withdrawn on 1st October 2000, ending cross-channel hovercraft services.
Photograph of the prototype SRN4, with original small skirt.
Photograph of the prototype SRN4, with original small skirt.
Elgate postcard of the
The Princess Margaret
in Seaspeed colours.
Scan: Hugh Burns
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Photo Precision postcard PT4326 of
Princess Margaret
at speed.
Scan: Hugh Burns
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Editions MAGE card 6232/12 of
Princess Margaret
in France.
Scan: Hugh Burns
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GH2007 - The Princess Anne
(1981-2000)
The Princess Anne
was the fourth SRN-4 (serial SRN-4-004), built in 1969, and she entered service with Seaspeed. She was later upgraded to Mark 3 standard, and then stetched to Super 4 standard.
The Princess Margaret
passed to Hoverspeed in 1981, and was withdrawn on 1st October 2000, ending cross-channel hovercraft services.
Elgate postcard of the stretched
The Princess Anne
in Seaspeed colours.
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