Portsmouth-Fishbourne - 100 Years this new book examines a

this new book examines a broad range of the vessels and ship-types devised since the 1930s

the town of King’s Lynn has been a port for over a thousand years and in the middle ages it had trading agreements with the Hanseatic League which made Lynn one of the top four ports in England

a chartered in freight ferry the Bolero set sail from Warrenpoint for Heysham operating the first crossing for a newly formed ferry company called Seatruck

port operations and cruises

all three were ultimately sold to southern Europe

Portsmouth-Fishbourne - 100 Years this new book examines aIn March 1926, the Southern Railway Company opened a new six mile link between Portsmouth and Fishbourne. Initially operated by three wooden tow boats pulled by a tug, the service soon fulfilled all expectations and in the following year the first specially commissioned car ferry entered service carrying a maximum of 16 cars and 100 passengers. Although the Fishbourne route is historically the youngest of Wightlinks three Solent crossings, it is today