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trialguy

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SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« on: June 17, 2010, 21:19:02 »
Sorry for the repost.


pride of dover and pride of calais are gone
and the first ship has been launched and on
Tuesday 8 of June
Spirit Of Britain finally touched the water for te first time!!
Spirit of Britain will go in service in December 2010 and
will soon be joined by her sistership Spirit of France.


Here are some pics of the huge ship itself

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MVEsperanza

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2010, 22:20:46 »
Here Ferryman is the Post so maybe you can help him
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The Ferry Man

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2010, 22:23:34 »
Some nice pics  :thumbs:

Looking forward to seeing them when the come to Dover, and trying them out

The PoC/PoD are still in service for now though - they haven;t gone just yet...  ;)
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VirtualSkipper

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2010, 22:27:18 »
I like the design of this one  :)
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Nathan|C

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2010, 16:08:05 »
I agree, there's a lot of POR/H you can see in this one :P
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McGherkin

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 16:10:00 »
Thankyou Trialguy, for quite clearly showing P&O's fortunes.







It probably will be.
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Pride of Dover

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2010, 16:35:30 »
Quote from: trialguy on June 17, 2010, 21:19:02
Sorry for the repost.


pride of dover and pride of calais are gone
and the first ship has been launched and on
Tuesday 8 of June
Spirit Of Britain finally touched the water for te first time!!
Spirit of Britain will go in service in December 2010 and
will soon be joined by her sistership Spirit of France.


The Pride of Dover/Calais arnt gone just yet, P&O plan to keep them untill
 both new ships are in servicethen plan to use the POD/C for a summer Tilbury-Zeebrugge passenger route.
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McGherkin

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2010, 16:36:56 »
I was talking about P&O, the company, not Pride of Dover/Calais.


But it also applies to GB's hopes of winning the World Cup.
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Pride of Dover

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2010, 16:38:21 »
Quote from: Pride of Dover on June 23, 2010, 16:35:30
Quote from: trialguy on June 17, 2010, 21:19:02
Sorry for the repost.


pride of dover and pride of calais are gone
and the first ship has been launched and on
Tuesday 8 of June
Spirit Of Britain finally touched the water for te first time!!
Spirit of Britain will go in service in December 2010 and
will soon be joined by her sistership Spirit of France.




The Pride of Dover/Calais arnt gone just yet, P&O plan to keep them untill
 both new ships are in servicethen plan to use the POD/C for a summer Tilbury-Zeebrugge passenger route.
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McGherkin

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2010, 16:39:43 »
What on earth are you on about, Pride of Dover?
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Pride of Dover

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2010, 17:44:27 »
Quote from: trialguy on June 17, 2010, 21:19:02
Sorry for the repost.


pride of dover and pride of calais are gone
and the first ship has been launched and on
Tuesday 8 of June
Spirit Of Britain finally touched the water for te first time!!
Spirit of Britain will go in service in December 2010 and
will soon be joined by her sistership Spirit of France.


Here are some pics of the huge ship itself





had quoteing issues, i was trying to say The Pride of Dover/Calais arnt gone just yet, P&O plan to keep them untill
 both new ships are in service then plan to use the POD/C for a summer Tilbury-Zeebrugge passenger route. also, got this pic
« Last Edit: June 23, 2010, 17:46:09 by Pride of Dover »
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McGherkin

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2010, 17:54:09 »
Brand new and it's already covered in rust. You don't get this with hovercraft...

Mostly because they're either made of wood, aluminium or fibreglass.
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Nathan|C

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2010, 18:11:03 »
And the fact that she was subject to snow for the past 12 months :doh:
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The Ferry Man

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2010, 20:09:53 »
Quote from: Pride of Dover on June 23, 2010, 17:44:27



had quoteing issues, i was trying to say The Pride of Dover/Calais arnt gone just yet, P&O plan to keep them untill
 both new ships are in service then plan to use the POD/C for a summer Tilbury-Zeebrugge passenger route. also, got this pic

Hmm...

Where did you hear that about? Haven;t heard anything about the PoDC going to Tilbury myself...?
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Pride of Dover

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« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2010, 21:29:15 »
rumers going around, also, totaly off topic, but, today when i went down to Warsash maritime acadomy for an open day, there was a pub called THE FERRYMAN! :2thumbs:
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The Ferry Man

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2010, 21:34:07 »
Where is that?
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Nathan|C

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« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2010, 21:41:57 »
Warsash perhaps :doh:

http://www.theferrymanwarsash.co.uk/
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mcmillan8

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2010, 22:07:03 »
here are some new pics of the ship.....
oh and some person told me that SOB
looks like BP... i dont know why...
see last pic..                                              Nice ship Trialguy hope i could get out
                                                                 Italy soon to visit England and go onboard the ship.. :2thumbs:
« Last Edit: June 25, 2010, 22:09:46 by mcmillan8 »
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The Ferry Man

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2010, 22:08:20 »
Not heard of Warshash - but that is the second one in Southampton
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mcmillan8

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2010, 22:12:58 »
Quote from: The Ferry Man on June 25, 2010, 22:08:20
Not heard of Warshash - but that is the second one in Southampton
Ferry man do you live in Southampton?
just asking.... ;D
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trialguy

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2010, 22:15:55 »
Soon there will be a 4 New Terminals
on the Western side of Dover Harbour

and a link to its website

http://www.doverport.co.uk/
« Last Edit: June 25, 2010, 22:21:27 by trialguy »
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The Ferry Man

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2010, 23:15:53 »
Quote from: mcmillan8 on June 25, 2010, 22:12:58
Ferry man do you live in Southampton?
just asking.... ;D

Nope, but a taxi ride to the station past another one

There is alos one in Dublin (haven't been there yet...)
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trialguy

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2010, 23:21:51 »
Quote from: The Ferry Man on June 25, 2010, 23:15:53
Nope, but a taxi ride to the station past another one

There is alos one in Dublin (haven't been there yet...)
what a ferryman pub?......
back to the topic maybe?
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laganviking

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2010, 00:31:15 »
Cookie box  :doh:

TFM will know what i mean  :evil:
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mcmillan8

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #24 on: June 26, 2010, 15:22:21 »
Quote from: laganviking on June 26, 2010, 00:31:15
Cookie box  :doh:

TFM will know what i mean  :evil:
what this got to do with cookie box?
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