About: Hoverspeed

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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 They were withdrawn on 1 October 2000 and Hoverspeed continued to use Seacat catamarans built by Incat.

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  • Hoverspeed war eine britische Reederei mit Sitz in Dover. Sie entstand 1981 durch die Fusion von und . Der Namensteil „Hover“ stand für Hovercraft (Luftkissenfahrzeug). Bis 2005 war die Reederei eine der größten Anbieterinnen von Fährverbindungen auf dem Ärmelkanal und gehörte seit 1986 zur Unternehmensgruppe . (de)
  • 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 They were withdrawn on 1 October 2000 and Hoverspeed continued to use Seacat catamarans built by Incat. (en)
  • Hoverspeed was een rederij die in 1981 werd gevormd door de fusie tussen Seaspeed en Hoverlloyd. Hoverspeed verzorgde veerdiensten op Het Kanaal tussen 1981 en 2005. (nl)
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  • 2005-11-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Dissolved intoNorfolkline (en)
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  • 1981-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • 1981-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 530 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • 2005-11-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Dissolved into Norfolkline (en)
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  • 1981-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Passenger transportation (en)
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  • Geoffrey Ede, Managing Director (en)
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  • Dover, England (en)
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  • Hoverspeed logo new.svg (en)
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  • Hoverspeed (en)
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  • Hoverspeed war eine britische Reederei mit Sitz in Dover. Sie entstand 1981 durch die Fusion von und . Der Namensteil „Hover“ stand für Hovercraft (Luftkissenfahrzeug). Bis 2005 war die Reederei eine der größten Anbieterinnen von Fährverbindungen auf dem Ärmelkanal und gehörte seit 1986 zur Unternehmensgruppe . (de)
  • 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. (en)
  • Hoverspeed was een rederij die in 1981 werd gevormd door de fusie tussen Seaspeed en Hoverlloyd. Hoverspeed verzorgde veerdiensten op Het Kanaal tussen 1981 en 2005. (nl)
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  • Hoverspeed (de)
  • Hoverspeed (en)
  • Hoverspeed (nl)
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  • Hoverspeed (en)
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