A 'NEW' FAST FERRY
Maiden voyage from Newhaven - well, under this name!
A DECADE OF SPANISH SISTERS
Cote D'Albatre and Seven Sisters
A ROUGH CROSSING AHEAD
S.R. Cross-Channel Steamer 'Brighton' - c1936
BRIGHTON
Brighton entering the harbour and at sea
BRIGHTON AND MEECHING
A harbour view from 1966
CAR FERRIES FALAISE AND NORMANNIA
Conversions that brought life back to the Dieppe run
CAR FERRY
In days of yore
CHANNEL STEAMERS
Copy of a postcard
CHARTRES
Now Express Santorini
COLLAPSE OF LINK SPAN AT DIEPPE
A tragic incident for the route.
COTE D'ALBATRE 2008
Climb aboard little orange
CROSS CHANNEL OFFICERS - 1958 & 1961
Training with Brighton Fire Brigade
CROSS CHANNEL QUEEN - SS BRIGHTON
Perhaps the Ultimate Cross Channel Steamer
DAY TRIPS TO DIEPPE
Memories from twenty years ago
DIEPPE-NEWHAVEN
Some heavy-weather incidents; 1970s and 1990s
DORA RIPARIA
An unusual visitor
DOVER AT NEWHAVEN
Relief ferry visits the port
EARLY MORNING PHOTOGRAPHS
Ferry and Harbour Station
EARLY NEWHAVEN - DIEPPE SHIPS
Part I - The Paddle Steamer Era
EARLY NEWHAVEN - DIEPPE SHIPS
Part II - Screw Propulsion Vessels
EAST QUAY FULL HOUSE - c 1962
The ferry berths look pretty full on this day in the early 1960's
FALAISE - BEFORE SHE CAME HERE
When she was still a passenger steamer
FALAISE AND VILLANDRY
Some vintage Super 8 movie film
FALAISE AT MARINE WORKSHOPS - Part 1
Opportunity for an off-duty visit - 1970
FALAISE AT MARINE WORKSHOPS - PART 3
Some pictures during her winter lay up
FAREWELL SENLAC
The end of the line.
FERRIES IN THE 50s
"Londres" and "Brighton"
FERRY APPROACHING NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
Does anyone know the name of the ferry?
FERRY BERTH
A busier view than normal....
FERRY COMING INTO THE PORT
Video of Seven Sisters entering port on 24th August 2016
FERRY CREW
Party on board
FERRY CREWS
Who's who in the ferry crew?
FROM NEWHAVEN TO GREECE
The Greek period of Newhaven ships
GERMAINE AND RAYMOND DENIS
Two crew members from our French ships.
GOING 'GREEK'
The later lives of Arromanches & Lisieux
HARBOUR ENTRANCE - 1982
Senlac / Meeching Tug / Sandswift
HARBOUR PHOTOS FROM JOHN HENDY - 4
Railway ships laying up at the Railway Quay
HARBOUR PHOTOS FROM JOHN HENDY - 4
Shipping scenes from a famous photographer
HOSPITAL SHIP
'Brighton' c1940
HUBERT LONGLY - MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS SHIPS
Part III - Witness to a Terrible Wartime Event & his Medals
IN DAYS OF OLD
Bygone Newhaven
IN THE ENGINE ROOM
'Down below' on one of our ships.
LINE DRAWINGS BY ANDY GILBERT
Some of Newhaven's ships across the years
LISIEUX
Pictured leaving port in 1959.
LISIEUX AND ARROMANCHES
Photos - 'home and away'.
LISIEUX and ARROMANCHES
Two ferries with Gallic Flair
LONDRES
Entering Newhaven Harbour
MARINE WORKSHOPS
Paddle Steamer "Ryde"
MORE FULL HOUSES
Railway and East Quays both packed.
MOVIES OF OLD NEWHAVEN
Video Clips on Youtube
MV SENLAC
Photo used on Menu for Spithead Review 1977.
MV SENLAC
Under construction
MV SENLAC AT BEACHY HEAD
A unique view of the famous lighthouse
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
"Arromanches" entering the harbour in the 1960's
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
"Brighton" and "Foremost Prince"
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
Harbour views c1960's
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
Our harbour pictured from the Fort.
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
Senlac and Harbour views - c1975
NEWHAVEN PAST
Commercial Enterprise
NEWHAVEN TO DIEPPE SHIPS
From my late father in law Jim Strudwick`s collection, and my father Bob Holden`s collection.
PADDLE STEAMER PARIS
Spithead Review 1911
PASSENGER FERRIES
Inward bound from Dieppe. Photos taken from the East Pier
PHOTOS FROM JOHN HENDY - 5
More photos from the renowned photographer
PHOTOS FROM JOHN HENDY - 5
Vessels laying up at the Railway Quay
PHOTOS FROM JOHN HENDY 5
More harbour scenes from the well-known photographer and author.
POSTCARD FROM 1940'S OR 50'S
Mailboat arriving at Newhaven
PREPARING FOR THE SENLAC
Visit by the MV Hengist to test the car ramp
PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE
Onboard the Worthing
R.M.S DIEPPE
Colour postcard
RARE VISITING FERRIES
Some more unusual ferries not often seen in the port
S.S. FALAISE
Main Engine Control Platform c1960's
S.S. FALAISE CREW OUTING - 1960's
Crew outing to Gordons Distillery in London.
S.S. WORTHING DECK BOYS
1953 prior to transferring to STS Brighton
SEACAT
Photos taken in the late 1990's
SEACATS
Pictured in 1995 and 2008
SEALINK FERRY
Photo April 1985
SENLAC
Still afloat and working in sunny climes!
SENLAC & CAPITAINE LE GOFF
A sunny scene at the 'other end of the line'
SENLAC DOCKING
Senlac docking in the mid/late 1970's
SENLAC ENGINEERS
From the 1960s and 1970s
SENLAC OVER THE YEARS
The purpose-built ferry to upgrade the service
SENLAC WINS A RACE!
Part of her life after Newhaven
SEVEN SISTERS
Grey dank morning
SEVEN SISTERS
Turning in foul weather
SEVEN SISTERS ARRIVES AT NEWHAVEN
Views from The Fort - Good Friday 21 March 2008
SHIPPING IN PORT
His Majesty's Hospital Carrier "Isle of Thanet" at Railway Quay
SHIPS & BOATS
Boats a'plenty at the east quay c1950's.
SHIPS IN THE HARBOUR
Marine Shops Apprentices 1946
SMALL CRUISE SHIP IN HARBOUR
Container crane in the background June 1991
SS BRIGHTON
SS Brighton V - built 1933
SS LONDRES
The ship that had five lives
SS LONGSHIPS (1917-1939)
Leaving Newhaven in 1932.
SS SUSSEX
Moored on the North Quay
SS WORTHING
Entering the Harbour in the early fifties
SS WORTHING
Photos of maintenance workers taken 1950
SS WORTHING 1928 - 1954
Leaving The Harbour / The Crew
STENA ANTRIM - C1996
Views in and around the Harbour
STENA FERRIES
Photo of former Stena ferry
STENA LONDONER
Some personal memories
STENA PARISIEN - C1995
Views in and around the Harbour
STENA PEGASUS
Moored at the Railway Quay, 1996
STENA SEALINK
M.V Stena Londoner 1980'S
STEWART PAGE (My Grandfather)
At the Wheel - A very young steersman
SUNKEN DREDGER AT DIEPPE
The morning after the night before.
T.S 'BRIGHTON'
In the harbour 1957
T.S BRIGHTON VI
Memories of life and work on board.
T.S. FALAISE
Looking smart and earning her keep
THE CAPITAINE LE GOFF
A visit to the newly arrived vessel at Dieppe
THE CAR FERRY VILLANDRY
A French postcard from the 1960's
THE CHIC CHARTRES
Floating Gallery of French Art & Design
THE DAY WE NEARLY LOST THE CHARTRES
Near disaster for the ferry - not once, but twice.
THE FIRST CAR FERRY TO USE THE RAMP, 1964
It wasn't quite how I remembered it.......
THE FLEET'S IN!
But it's not what we would have wanted!
THE SEAJET
A very short-lived service in 1982.
THE SUPERSEACAT
A good, but short-lived fast ferry
THE VEHICLE CUSTOMS HALL 1957
Phillip Harben BBC Radio and first Television Chef.
THREE SHIPS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS
50s, 60s and 70s, but all stalwarts!
TRANSMANCHE FERRIES
Comings and Goings
TS FALAISE HITS EAST PIER
One of several such incidents.
TS. BRIGHTON
Newhaven/Dieppe cross channel ship
TUGS
Tug Tidworth circa 1960
TWO SISTERS
Ships that pass (but not in the night)
TWO SISTERS AT DIEPPE
A harbour scene, probably from the 1950's.
TWO SISTERS AT DIEPPE
Answer to Beatrice Lepierres
UNUSUAL FERRIES - AGAIN!
A couple of unlikely visitors.
UNUSUAL MOORING
West side not East
VALENCAY - ON THE BRIDGE!
A day trip to Dieppe in 1971
VALENCAY AT DIEPPE
Right next to the town
VERSAILLES / CHARTRES
Entering the Harbour / Moored up / Turning around / Leaving / Damage
VILLANDRY
Our second car ferry enters harbour
VILLANDRY - BEFORE & AFTER REFIT
Improved capacity but lost her clean lines
VILLANDRY AND VALENCAY
Archive movie footage.
VILLANDRY and VALENCAY
Rare times when in port together
WARTIME SERVICE OF SS PARIS
Escape from German E-boats
WAS THIS A UNIQUE EVENT?
Newhaven hosts the 'Golden Arrow' service
WORKING ON THE TS LONDRES
A Health and Safety Nightmare!