Ferry question...
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IIRC, when last on a cross channel ferry one of my mates noticed that the ship builder’s plaque said that it had been made in Korea. One of the new ones that P&O had although I might have the ferry company wrong. I guess that answers your question without this going into a long winded whinge about British manufacturing…
drivin_me_nuts said:
A question of could something be able to ...
Could a 'typical' channel ferry (folkestone-boulogne etc) be capable of making a transatlantic crossing (assuming it could carry enough fuel or be refueled en route)
A trip to the Falklands on a North Sea ferry in the 80s was quite an experience, especially in the rough waters down in the South Atlantic. Could a 'typical' channel ferry (folkestone-boulogne etc) be capable of making a transatlantic crossing (assuming it could carry enough fuel or be refueled en route)
http://www.movcon.org.uk/History/Documents/DID/D-M...
Simpo Two said:
A few years ago I was crossing the Cook Strait in New Zealand on a large ferry. Under the name it said 'Pride of Cherbourg' - so it got there somehow!
Bloody hell! We used to call it the shed of cherbourg when it was a P&O boat.Been on the new P&O boats on the Dover-Calais routes a few times in the last couple of weeks, nice boats with good facilities.
Knowing the type of conditions which can be found on the North Atlantic which could sometimes be heavy going even for the old QE2,let alone a channel ferry,it could be a very uncomfortable trip and bearing in mind the fate of the Estonia I'd prefer something with a fixed,hopefully sharp,bow that only loads through rear doors and or side hatches like this which I can remember using during the 1980's on a run to Scandinavia and which I can always remember having been very impressive in a severe North Sea storm coming home on it.
www.simplonpc.co.uk/Tor_Britannia.html#anchor91167
www.simplonpc.co.uk/Tor_Britannia.html#anchor91167
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