Folkestone Steamers – The Paddle Steamers of the South Eastern Railway charts two further decades of

charts two further  decades of ferry activity around Great Britain

changing business

Sweden and Latvia

In 1979 Ole Lauritzen was forced to sell 50% interest in Olau Line to the Germany-based company TT-Line

The dawn of the twentieth century witnessed the building of a completely new class of cross-Channel ship driven by revolutionary steam turbines

Folkestone Steamers – The Paddle Steamers of the South Eastern Railway charts two further decades ofOn its way from London to the premier Channel port of Dover, the South Eastern Railway reached the village of Folkestone in June 1843. It had always been the intention to operate cross Channel steamer services from Dover but instead of an expected welcome, negotiations with the Harbour Commissioners (chaired by the Duke of Wellington) proved to be extremely difficult. To them, the arrival of the railway in the town was simply seen as an advantage from