Hoverspeed
Sign in to saveHoverspeed was a ferry company that operated on the English Channel from 1981 until 2005. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd. Its last owners were Sea Containers; the company ran a small fleet of two high-speed SeaCat catamaran ferries in its final year.
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- Hoverspeed
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- 1981-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2005-00-00
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Background and early attempts to consolidate operations
- Loss-making company
- Management buy-out
- Purchase by British Ferries Ltd
- Final Years
- Closure
- Company wind-down and sale of assets
- Fleet
- Routes
- Hovercraft
- High Speed Craft
- Former Hoverspeed routes today
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
Hoverspeed was a ferry company that operated on the English Channel from 1981 until 2005. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd. Its last owners were Sea Containers; the company ran a small fleet of two high-speed SeaCat catamaran ferries in its final year.
Hoverspeed played a part in developing the hovercraft, and ran six SR.N4 Mountbatten class hovercraft and one SEDAM N500 Naviplane. Hoverspeed last operated hovercraft on its Dover to Calais service. They were withdrawn on 1 October 2000 and Hoverspeed continued to use Seacat catamarans built by Incat.