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Portsmouth investigated three locations for a ferry port at the end of the 1960s, before the current location was chosen. The choice was based on cost and the likely benefit of cross-channel ferries. The site was at the end of the newly constructed M275 .
HSC Wight Ryder I is one of two high-speed passenger catamarans operated by Wightlink on the Ryde to Portsmouth ferry route. Both vessels left their construction site in the Philippines in June 2009, and began service in September 2009. In preparation for their arrival, berth improvements at Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier were carried out
The company that currently operates the Gosport ferry was created in 1883 as the Port of Portsmouth Steam Launch & Towing Company, making it one of the longest serving ferry services in the UK. [1] In 1963, it took over the Gosport & Portsea Watermen's Steam Launch Company , founded in 1875 by the watermen , who had operated ferries on the ...
A ferry carrying D-Day veterans to France for the 80th anniversary commemorations has set sail from Portsmouth. ... before they board the ferry. At 1300 (ship’s time), a wreath-laying will take ...
With only one ship the company required two additional vessels to run a full service to the Channel Islands. They chartered the Brittany Ferries freight ferry Briezh-Izel to run alongside the Corbière from Portsmouth and the Portelet to run a new service from Weymouth which was to last until 1 October 1988. The service from Portsmouth was ...
Follow live coverage as Portsmouth face Norwich City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the ...
The harbour was dredged in 2016 in preparation of the arrival of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, the Navy's first supercarriers, [12] with regular maintenance dredging taking place at various times of the year. Portsmouth Harbour, taken from Hardway in Gosport, showing Portsdown Hill in the centre and the city of Portsmouth on the ...
Follow live coverage as Watford face Portsmouth in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize ...