| 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| 1887: Withdrawn from service and laid up | |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