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- Brighton - la Duchess de Bretagne
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- This page
is devoted to postcards and photographs of the British Railways
ferry Brighton, built in 1950 for the Newhaven-Dieppe
service.
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- The Brighton, was ordered by the
Southern Railway in 1947. She was delivered to British Railways
in April 1950 by Wm.Denny at Dumbarton on the Clyde. Her continuous
contract speed was 24 knots, which she failed to meet over a
6 hour test on her trials, although easily managed more than
this in service once run in, and was credited with being the
fastest BR ship on the South Coast. Brighton carried 1450 passengers
in two classes. Brighton ran on the Newhaven-Dieppe
service until the of 1965, when she was used for summer extras
only following the opening of a ro-ro berth at Newhaven. Brighton was withdrawn the following year, the
last traditional ferry on the Newhaven route, as larger new car
ferries entered service. She had served a remarkably incident-free
16 years on her designed route, with only rare appearances on
other routes such as Folkestone-Boulogne. Surprisingly Brighton was sold for further
UK operations in 1966, when Jersey Lines bought her for use as
La
Duchess de Bretagne. She received a stern ramp to load just 20 cars,
initially running on excursions to the Channel Islands and St
Malo from the resorts of Weymouth and Torquay. In 1968 La Duchess de
Bretagne
ran a very complex series of routes from Southampton, Plymouth,
Torquay and St Malo. Jersey Lines failed in 1969, and La Duchess de
Bretagne
was sold for scrapping in Bruges later that year.
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- Brighton - British Railways:
1950-67
- La
Duchess de Bretagne - Jersey Lines: 1967-69
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- Brighton
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Railways: 1950-1967)
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- The Brighton,
was ordered by the Southern Railway in 1947. She was delivered
to British Railways in April 1950 by Wm.Denny at Dumbarton on
the Clyde. Her continuous contract speed was 24 knots, which
she failed to meet over a 6 hour test on her trials, although
easily managed more than this in service once run in, and was
credited with being the fastest BR ship on the South Coast. Brighton
carried 1450 passengers in two classes. Brighton ran on
the Newhaven-Dieppe service until the of 1965, when she was used
for summer extras only following the opening of a ro-ro berth
at Newhaven. Brighton was withdrawn the following year,
the last traditional ferry on the Newhaven route, as larger new
car ferries entered service. She had served a remarkably incident-free
16 years on her designed route, with only rare appearances on
other routes such as Folkestone-Boulogne. Surprisingly Brighton
was sold for further UK operations in 1966, when Jersey Lines
bought her for use as La Duchess de Bretagne.
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- Valentine
postcard K4505 of Brighton.
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- ETW
Dennis postcard of Brighton at Newhaven.
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- A.Duncan
photographic postcard of Brighton at Newhaven.
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- Artigala
postcard of Brighton at Dieppe.
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overall - first visit?).
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- Artaud
postcard of Brighton at Dieppe.
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- Estel
postcard 55183 of Brighton leaving Dieppe.
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- CAP
postcard of Brighton at Dieppe.
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- La
Cigogne postcard of Brighton leaving Dieppe.
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- Estel
postcard 5175 of Brighton arriving at Dieppe.
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- Estel
postcard 5155 of Brighton leaving Dieppe.
- Note
the new building since the card above.
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- La Duchess de Bretagne
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Lines: 1967-69)
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- Brighton was withdrawn in 1966, the last traditional
ferry on the Newhaven route, as larger new car ferries entered
service. Surprisingly Brighton was sold for further UK operations in
1966, when Jersey Lines bought her for use as La Duchess de
Bretagne. She received a stern ramp to load just 20 cars,
initially running on excursions to the Channel Islands and St
Malo from the resorts of Weymouth and Torquay. In 1968 La
Duchess de Bretagne ran a very complex series of routes from
Southampton, Plymouth, Torquay and St Malo. Jersey Lines failed
in 1969, and La Duchess de Bretagne was sold for scrapping
in Bruges later that year.
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- Valentine
Postcard ET5188 of La Duchess de Bretagne at Jersey.
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- GREFF
Postcard 354/509 of La Duchess de Bretagne at St Malo.
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smaller La Duchess de Normandie is visible behind her.
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- A.Duncan
photographic postcard of La Duchess de Bretagne at Newhaven.
at St Malo.
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smaller La Duchess de Normandie is visible behind her.
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- A
Jersey Lines bookmark showing La Duchess de Bretagne and
La Duchess de Normandie.
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on the image to see a larger copy in a new window.
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