Author: hhvferry
Cool Hollandica conquers Stena Blandica
Despite being one of the world’s most successful ferry companies, the mundanity of Stena Line’s modern on board offering has always been puzzling, almost as if the company were determined…
Blast from the past: Appia
The Appia of 1961 was the first car ferry of the Italian state-controlled operator Adriatica. She joined the equally new Greek (Hellenic Mediterranean Lines)-owned Egnatia on a ground-breaking joint service…
Picture of the week: Barfleur
The Barfleur laid up near Caen, May 2010. Click for larger image. Previous image
The Paddle Steamer Ryde
Some pictures of the pitiable remains of the paddle steamer Ryde seen at Binfield on 3 May 2010. Completed by Denny’s in Dumbarton in 1937, the ship operated between Portsmouth…
Farewell Mette Mols, Balkanija, Istra
A few weeks ago, Jadrolinija’s Istra was sold for scrapping in Turkey. As the Mette Mols, Mols Linien’s very first ship, she was the lead vessel of what became a…
From the scrapyard: Oujda
The pair of stretched ‘Super Vikings’, Oujda (ex-Viking Venturer/ Pride of Hampshire) and Mogador (ex-Viking Valiant/Pride of Le Havre/Cherbourg) were sold for scrap earlier in the year and Unique Marine…
Things Seen – April 2010
During the 1960s DFDS commissioned three remarkable little ro-ro ships specifically to handle the bacon trade from Denmark into the English port of Grimsby. The Somerset, Stafford and Surrey carried…
Naples to Milan, via Palermo. Part 1: SNAV Sardegna
Over the Easter weekend I found myself in Naples – with a need to get to Milan a couple of days later. By train this is a journey of a…
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