BOATS NEWHAVEN-DIEPPE 1825 ONWARDS THE FIRST YEARS (All) Name Built Type In Service SWIFT 1822 PS 1822-24 Brighton-Dieppe ROYAL GEORGE PS 1822 Brighton-Dieppe RAPID PS 1824-38 Brighton-Dieppe - UNION PS 1824 Brighton-Dieppe EXCELSIOR PS 1824 Brighton-Dieppe QUENTIN DURWARD PS 1825 Brighton-Dieppe ECLIPSE 1824 PS 1825-33 Newhaven-Brighton-Dieppe TALBOT 1825 PS 1825-33 Newhaven-Brighton-Dieppe ATTWOOD 1826 PS 1830-36(?) ? MOUNTAINEER 1835 PS 1835 Newhaven-Brighton-Dieppe BELFAST 1821 PS 1836-40 ? BROCKLEBANK 1824 PS 1838 ? DART 1826 PS 1840-43 LORD MELVILLE 1822 PS 1841 ? MAGICIAN 1842 PS 1842-44, 1849-50 Newhaven-Dieppe ALBION PS 1842 ? VENEZUELA 1840 PS 1843 ? FAME 1834 PS 1844-49 Shoreham-Brighton-Dieppe MAGNET 1826 PS 1844-47 Shoreham-Brighton-Dieppe MENAI 1836 PS 1844-50 Shoreham-Brighton-Dieppe ONDINE 1844 PS 1847(?) ?
THE RAILWAY AGE 1847-1964 THE JOINT SERVICE FROM 1864 to 1984 All sailings now Newhaven-Dieppe
Name Built Type In Service BRIGHTON (I) 1847 PS 1847 DIEPPE (I) 1847 PS 1847 NEWHAVEN (I) 1847 PS 1847 COLLIER 18498 SS 1849-56 Cargo Shoreham-Newhaven-Jersey-Dieppe AYRSHIRE LASSIE 1845 PS 1851 Passenger & Parcels only CULLODEN 1845 PS 1851 ROTHESAY CASTLE 1837 PS 1851 LADYBIRD 1851 PS 1851-54 Boats now on built of iron AQUILA PS 1851-56 PARIS (I) 1852 PS 1852-63 WAVE QUEEN 1852 PS 1852 ROUEN (I) 1853 PS 1862 JAMES DIXON 1853 SS 1853-56 All SS boats now cargo only WILLIAM COREY 1853 SS 1853-55 DUNTROON CASTLE 1842 PS 1853-63 CAMBRIDGE ? PS 1853 SAMUEL LAING 18 SS 1854-59 COCKERILL ? PS 1854 LONDON 1853 PS 1853-56 MARCO 1854 SS 1853-63 GENERAL CODRINGTON 1855 PS 1855 DIEPPE (II) 1855 PS 1855-67 ORLEANS 1856 PS 1856-78 BRIGHTON (II) 1856 PS 1856-58
LYONS 1856 PS 1856-85 VIGILANT 1857 PS 1857-59 ALAR 1856 PS 1856-63 SUSSEX (I) 1863 PS 1863-87 NORMANDY(I) PS 1863-89 ROUEN (III) PS 1882-89 ALEXANDRA 1863 PS 1863-83 ROUEN (II) 1862(?) PS 1863-67 MARSEILLES 1864 PS 1864-88 BORDEAUX 1865 PS 1865-90 HONFLEUR (I) 1866(?) PS 1891-? STAFFA 1867(?) PS 1867- PARIS(II) 1875 PS 1875-89 BRIGHTON(III) 1878 PS 1878-93 Steel hulls, Steam-assisted steering VICTORIA 1878 PS 1878-87 NEWHAVEN (II) 1875 SS 1875-97 DIEPPE (III) 1875 SS 1875-95 VIKING 1857 SS 1882-95 IDA 1858 SS 1882-90 RENNES (I) 1865 SS 1882-91 HONFLEUR (II) 1875 SS 1882-97 LYONS (II) (LYON from 1877) 1875 SS 1885-09 ITALY (ITALIE from1887) 1885 SS 1885-98 ROUEN (IV) 1888 PS 1888-03 PARIS (III) 1888 PS 1888-12 ANGERS 1890 SS 1890-99 CAEN 1890 SS 1890-14 SEINE 1890 SS 1891-00 TAMISE 1893 SS 1893-11 SEAFORD 1894 SS 1894-95 SUSSEX (II) 1896 SS 1896-14 MANCHE 1897 SS 1897-11 FRANCE 1898 SS 1898-13,1918-19 ARUNDEL 1900 SS 1900-14,1918-34 BREST (I) 1900 SS 1900-14 CHERBOURG 1900 SS 1900-17 PORTSMOUTH 1900 SS 1900-36 BRIGHTON (IV) 1903 SS 1903-30 DIEPPE (IV) 1905 SS 1905-39 ANJOU 1910 SS 1910-17 MAINE 1910 SS 1910-17 NEWHAVEN (III) 1911 SS 1911-46 BORDEAUX (II) 1912 SS 1912-52 ROUEN (V) 1912 SS 1912-46 Air-Conditioned PARIS (IV) 1913 SS 1913-39 Air-Conditioned VERSAILLES 1921 SS 1921-39 RENNES (II) 1925 SS 1925-40 WORTHING 1928 SS 1928-39, 1945-55 ISLE OF GUERNSEY 1930 SS 1944-46 BRIGHTON (V) 1933 SS 1933-40 LONDRES 1943 SS 1947-63 ARROMANCHES 1946 SS 1947-64 NANTES 1946 MV 1946-64
RENNES (III) 1948 MV 1948-64 BRIGHTON (VI) 1950 SS 1950-64 BREST (II) 1950 MV 1950-66 LISIEUX 1951 SS 1951-65
THE RO-RO ERA BEGINS BOATS NEWHAVEN-DIEPPE 1964 ONWARDS
Name Built Type In Service FALAISE 1946 SS 1964-73 Converted to Ro-Ro 1963/MV VILLANDRY 1965 MV 1965-81 VALENCAY 1965 MV 1965-81 CHANTILLY 1966 MV 1966-85 ULIDA 1970 MV 1970-82 CAPITAINE LE GOFF 1972 MV 1972-82 SENLAC 1973 MV 1973-87 CHARTRES 1973 MV 1987-91 CORNOUAILLES 1977 MV 1984-86 VERSAILLES (II) 1973 MV 1985-97 STENA LONDONER MV From May 1992 CHAMPS ELYSEES 1973 MV 1985-97 STENA PARISIEN MV From May 1992 STENA ANTRIM 1980 MV 1995-98 STENA CAMBRIA 1980 MV 1998-99 VINZIA E 1993 MV 1993 SEA LYNX I 1993 MV 1996 PEGASUS I 1996 MV 1966 SEA LYNX III 1996 MV 1997-98 ELITE 1996? MV 1998 SUPERSEACAT (I) 1997 MV 1999-2000 SUPERSEACAT (II) 1997 MV 2003-04 DIAMANT 1998 MV 2001 SARDINIA VERA 1974 MV 2002-06 DIEPPE (V) 1981 MV 2002-06 (ex SAGA STAR) COTE D’ALBATRE 2005 MV 2006- present SEVEN SISTERS 2006 MV 2006-present
NB: This list includes those boats registered at Newhaven or Dieppe (or Rouen) and not replacement/stand- by boats from other ports. It does not include the Jetfoil, NORMANDY PRINCESS, which lasted three weeks in 1982, nor its ‘replacement’ FLYING PRINCESS, also short-lived. Jetfoils were not good under Channel conditions and were mechanically unreliable.
OWNERS AND OPERATORS
GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (GSNCo) 1825 - 1847 LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY 1847 -49 COMPANY (LBSCR) GSNCo 1849 - 1851 MAPLES & MORIES 1851 - 1863 LBSCR 1863 THE JOINT SERVICE: LBSCR/SOUTHERN 1864-1984 RAILWAY/BRITISH RAILWAYS CHEMIN DE FER DE L’OUEST/ETAT/SNCF
BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARDS and SNCF 1962-1979 SEALINK adopted as the Brand Name 1969 SEALINK (UK) LTD. 1979-1984 SEALINK BRITISH FERRIES (following privatisation) 1984-1986 A Subsidiary of SEACONTAINERS LTD. SOCIÉTÉ NOUVELLE D’ARMAMENT 1986-1992 (SNAT) TRANSMANCHE STENA SEALINK LINE 1992-1995 STENA LINE 1995-1998 P&O STENA 1998-2001 HOVERSPEED A Subsidiary of SEACONTAINERS LTD. 1999-2005 Break in the service mid-January - February 2000. TRANSMANCHE FERRIES HOVERSPEED 2005-2007 TRANSMANCHE FERRIES Owned by SMPAT and operated direct 2001-2007 Operated by LD LINES 2007-2012 Operated as JV of DFDS (82%); LD LINES (18%) ` 2012-2014
SOURCES: PRIMARY: National Archives, Kew, London; Newhaven Local and Maritime Museum; East Sussex Record Office; West Sussex Record Office; Brighton Local Studies Centre’ Fonds Anciens, Dieppe; Archives Départementales, Rouen; Musée de la Marine, Paris. SECONDARY; Brighton Gazette; B. M. E. O’Mahoney, Newhaven-Dieppe 1825-1980; Bailey and Féron, Newhaven- Dieppe Service 1847-2001 La Vigie de Dieppe; Féron, La Longue Histoire de La Ligne Dieppe-Brighton et puis Newhaven; Jacques Lafosse. La Chouine: La Ligne Dieppe-Newhaven.