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Built in 1931 by D & W Henderson & Co, Glasgow, for the Southern Railway. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy during the Second World War for use as a troopship and later a recreation ship. Returned to Southern Railway in 1945 and acquired by British Railways in 1948. Served until 1956 when scrapped at Ghent, Belgium. [12] Avalon: 1963 6,584 -
The British Rail Class 99 were a fleet of train ferries, most of which were owned by Sealink, that carried rail vehicles between Britain and mainland Europe. When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, these ships were incorporated into the system in order to circumvent some of the restrictions of the ...
Ordered by the LMS, but by the time she arrived, the LMS had been incorporated into the British Transport Commission. Sold to Greece in 1976 becoming the Express Apollon: 4,973 Hampton Ferry: LMS: 1934: Dover-Dunkirk, Stranraer-Larne Owned by Southern Railway, requisitioned as HMS Hampton 1939. Used on Stranraer-Larne route 1940–44.
Ships that sailed for British Rail from 1948 to 1997. for the rail company predecessors before 1948 see sub categories of Category:Ships by company some were operated by the British Transport Commission up to 1962 (when the BTC was abolished) from 1982 many were operated by Sealink (BR subsidiary)
Built in 1895 as Granuaile. Acquired in 1917. Passed to the Southern Railway in 1923 and scrapped in 1928 Vera: 1898 [4] 1,136 [4] Scrapped in 1933 [4] Victoria: 1896 [4] 709 [4] Sold in 1919 to Turkey, later sold to Greek owners. Scrapped in 1937. [4] Waverley: 1865 [5] 593 [5] Purchased in 1868 from the North British Railway. Wrecked in 1873 ...
The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank and launched on 7 November 1946. She was the first in a series of ships to replace war losses, and was the first oil-fired ship ordered by the company. She had capacity for 600 passengers, and 50,000 cubic feet (1,400 m 3 ) of grain.
The London Brighton and South Coast Railway operated a number of cross channel ferry services, between its ports of Shoreham, Newhaven and Littlehampton to Dieppe, Honfleur, and Jersey. The profitable Newhaven-Dieppe service was operated in conjunction with the French Western Railway (Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest).
T. List of active Thames sailing barges; Transport vessels for the British expedition to Balambangan Island (1803) Transport vessels for the British expedition to the Red Sea (1801)