RARE VISITING FERRIES
Compeigne pictured in 1959
M. W. Hills
Normannia on the East Quay
M. W. Hills
Some more unusual ferries not often seen in the port
By John Hills
Here a couple of pictures of rarer ferry visitors to the port.
The first shows the Compeigne pictured leaving the port in 1959, she was built in 1958 and was the first French car ferry on the Dover - Calais route and finished service in 1981. She only spent a very short time on relief duty on the Newhaven - Dieppe route.
The second shows the Normannia berthed on the East Quay in about 1967, she was built in 1952 for the Southampton - Le Harve service. In 1962 she was taken to Tyneside and converted to a stern-loading car ferry together with the " Falaise ".
The Normannia re-entered service on the Dover - Calais route in 1964 and finally withdrawn from service in 1978.