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Name: CALAIS-DOUVRES launched as EXPRESS
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 15/04/1877
Completed: 1878
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 174
Dimensions: 1925grt, 302.0 x 61.0 x 13.9ft
Engines: 2 x 2cyl (63 & 63 x 74ins), diagonal, 600nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle, 14.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 77093
History:
08/05/1878 London, Chatham & Dover Rail Company, London
01/1899 Broken up
Comments: 1877: Completed as EXPRESS for English Channel Steamship Co but not
delivered or registered due to the insolvency of the owner. Sold in 1878
She was a twin hull vessel with two paddles located between the hulls
Operated on the Dover-Calais service with capacity for 1000 x passengers
1887: Withdrawn from service and laid up
1891: Converted to a coal hulk
01/1899: Broken up on the Thames


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Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 16/04/1877