DAMAGE AT THE FERRY TERMINAL 1995
Lifting gear of the Linkspan
By Laurie Stonehouse and Ken Larwood
Do you remember when this happened? It was March 1995. The Stena Londoner had a disagreement with the lifting gear of the linkspan, rumours were the damage cost a £1million!, I'm not so sure. The south terminal had to be closed, note the traffic cones in the photo. The other terminal had to used for foot passengers.
Update.
Ken Larwood has sent in some new photos and adds the following:-
During the early hours in March 1995, I received a call from Geoff Long the Marine Superintendent, that they had a 'spot of trouble' with the Newhaven linkspan and could I get down there ASAP. Prior to retirement I was manager of an Electrical/Mechanical engineering works that looked after Sealink's plant and ships for the South East. On arrival on site I was faced with what is shown in the photos and after a debate of about two minutes with a quote of monster monies and a timescale of approx ten years, it was decided that the best solution was to ship in the now redundant linkspan from Dieppe, which as you know is what happened.
The Stena Londoner suffered just a bent Jack Staff.
Damage (2)
Bob Stonehouse
DAMAGE UP CLOSE
Kind permission of Graeme Honeyball
I DID THAT LAST WEEK
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Inspecting the damage
Kind permission of Ken Larwood
Underside of the winding gear
Kind permission of Ken Larwood
What a mess!
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A close up of the damage
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View from across the river
Kind permission of Ken Larwood