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Isle of Wight Ferries & other Ships page 1
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 Red Funnel passenger hydrofoil at Cowes
2000
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 Red Funnel car ferry at Cowes
2000
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 Wightlink car ferry from Portsmouth to Fishbourne. 2001
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 Wightlink passenger ferry from Portsmouth to Ryde. 2001
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Car Ferry St Catherine 1982
 Wightlink's new £11.5 million Isle of Wight car ferry St Clare
Entered service August 2001
At 5,300 gross tonnes, she is by far the largest ferry ever to
serve the Island
280ft ( 86 metres) long, 59ft (18 metres) wide and capable of carrying over 180 cars and 770 passengers
Operating at 13½ knots (15MPH), passengers enjoy the most superior facilities of any ship operating to the Island
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 Ryde to Southsea Hovercraft
Arriving at Ryde Aug 1965
 Ryde to Southsea Hovercraft
Arriving at Ryde Aug 1982
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 Ryde to Southsea Hovercraft
Arriving at Ryde Aug 1989
 Ryde to Southsea Hovercraft
Arriving at Ryde Aug 2003
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The world's longest running hovercraft service,
and the first passenger service in the world,
celebrated its 40th anniversary in July 2005
The service was launched 24th July 1965 by
Earl Mountbatten and
Sir Christopher Cockerell, the inventor of the Hovercraft
It remains as only one of two all year round Hovercraft services in the world
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 Nostalgia photo
Portsmouth August 1988. New ferry at dock. 'Southsea' arriving
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 Nostalgia photo
Preserved paddle steamer 'Waverley' crossing the Solent
Sept 2001
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