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Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic crossings were undertaken in sailing ships, and the journeys were time-consuming and often perilous.The first trade route across the Atlantic was inaugurated by Spain a few decades after the European Discovery of the Americas, with the establishment of the West Indies fleets in 1566, a convoy system that regularly linked its territories in the Americas ...
NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland) Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) P&O Ferries (United Kingdom to France; Netherlands, Belgium and Spain) P&O Irish Sea ; Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) Polferries (the Baltic Sea) Red Funnel (Isle of Wight to mainland England.) Royal Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames)
Direct Ferries is a UK based ferry travel aggregator service that provides bookings for ferry crossings across the globe. Its main crossings include mainland Europe, such as the France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Germany; North Africa, such as Morocco and Algeria; Asia, such as China, Russia, Cambodia and Hong Kong; and the Americas, such as the United States, Canada, Peru and ...
P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferries from United Kingdom to Northern Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The company was created in 2002 through mergers and acquisitions within P&O .
Pont-Aven is a cruiseferry operated by Brittany Ferries.She was built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since March 2004. She is the current and longest serving Brittany Ferries flagship; sailing between the UK, France, Spain and Ireland.
Ferries of the United Kingdom includes ferries (boats and ships) designed, built, or operated in the United Kingdom. For ferry routes to, from or within the United Kingdom, refer to Category:Ferry transport in the United Kingdom. For ferry companies based in the United Kingdom, see Category:Ferry companies of the United Kingdom
Brittany Ferries - UK to France. Normandie Express - Portsmouth to Cherbourg and Caen; Normandie Vitesse - Poole to Cherbourg; P&O Express, P&O Irish Sea running between Troon, Scotland or Cairnryan, Scotland and Larne, Northern Ireland. Red Funnel - Southampton, United Kingdom to Cowes, Isle of Wight. Red Jet 3, Red Jet 4, Red Jet 6 and Red Jet 7.
The largest ferries of Europe Ship Length GT Passengers Speed Built Builder Company Registry Normal route(s) Notes Color Magic: 223.70 m (733.9 ft) 75,156 2,812 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 2007 Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard / Rauma shipyard, Finland: Color Line Norway: Oslo - Kiel Largest ferry in the world in terms of gross tonnage. Color Fantasy