Chatham Steamers – The Paddle Steamers of the London Chatham & Dover Railway Passenger Ships of the Stockholm

Passenger Ships of the Stockholm Archipelago aims to give readers an insight into this fascinating

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This book traces the history of the early days of the Great Eastern Railway’s steam-powered paddle-steamers through to the turbine vessels of the London & North Eastern Railway and British Rail

The book includes the creation of the joint service and the car ferry era and the takeover of the operation by Europe’s biggest ferry operator

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Chatham Steamers – The Paddle Steamers of the London Chatham & Dover Railway Passenger Ships of the StockholmThe London Chatham & Dover Railway was the operator of the prestigious Dover to Calais cross Channel service between 1864 and 1899. During this time it underwent a huge period of change from small, wooden hulled vessels of basic design to large, fast and ecient paddle steamers of steel construction. The outbreak of the Crimean War in 1853 saw the government of the day seek to make savings which resulted in the Admiraltys sale of their Dover Calais