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SR Page 1: Dover and Folkestone Services
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Dover and Folkestone services of the Southern Railway (SR). An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Autocarrier - 1931-1954
Canterbury - 1929-1946
Hampton Ferry - 1934-1969
Invicta - 1939-1972
Isle of Thanet - 1925-1964
Maid of Kent (1) - 1925-1940
Shepperton Ferry - 1935-1972
Twickenham Ferry - 1934-1974
 
Southern Railway Pages:-
British Railways - Header page for all UK railway-owned Services
British Railways/Sealink - Page 7 - Dover/Folkestone Services-
London & South Western Railway - LSWR Southampton Services
London Brighton & South Coast Railway - LBSC Newhaven-Dieppe Services
South Eastern & Chatham Railway - SECR Dover/Folkstone Services
Southern Railway - Page 1 - Dover/Folkestone Services - this page!
Southern Railway - Page 2 - Newhaven Services
Southern Railway - Page 3 - Southampton Services
Southern Railway - Page 4 - Isle of Wight Services
 
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Simplon Postcards Home Page
 
References:-
Merchant Fleets No.25 - Britain's Railway Steamers by Duncan Haws - TCL Publications, 1993
Railway & Other Steamers by Duckworth & Langmuir - Stephenson (T) & Sons, 1968
 
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SR Fleet List
 
SR Page 1: Dover and Folkestone Services
 
 

Isle of Thanet
 
1925 Dover / Folkestone - Calais / Boulogne, 1964 scrapped. 2,701
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Maid of Kent (1)
 
1925 Dover-Calais, 1940 bombed and sunk while hospital ship at Dieppe. 2,386
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canterbury
 
1929 Dover-Calais, 1946 Folkestone-Calais / Boulogne, 1965 scrapped. 2,912
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Autocarrier
 
1931 Dover-Calais, 1954 scrapped. 822
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hampton Ferry
 
1934 Dover-Dunkirk, 1969 sold to Bermuda, renamed Tre-Arddur. 2,839
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
Shepperton Ferry
 
1935 Dover-Dunkirk, 1972 scrapped. 2,839
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Twickenham Ferry
 
1934 Dover-Dunkirk, 1974 scrapped. 2,839
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Invicta
 
Invicta was built for the Southern Railway in 1939 and immediately joined the Admiralty for service until 1945. Ownership passed to British Railways in 1948. She then served on the Dover-Calais route until 1972, when she was scrapped. Invicta was 4,178 gross tons.
 
 
Photographic postcard of Invicta on Admiralty service.
 
 
Skyphotos photographic postcard of Invicta.
 
 
Photographic postcard of Invicta.
 
 
Photographic postcard of Invicta.
 
 
British Rail postcard of Invicta.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
 
 
Photographic postcard of Invicta.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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