But this has all come too late for Jetstream which is sailing away at the end of its contract on Saturday leaving Kent County Council seeking an alternative ferry operator to fill the void. The ferry leaves from Gravesend’s Town Pier (pictured above) rather than the larger West Street Termi...
Her task was to ferry soldiers and seamen from the mainland at Scrabster (near Thurso on the north eastern tip of Scotland) over to the Royal Navy fleet base at Scapa Flow. On the 21st of February 1941, the Morialta under the command of Dick Tobin joined a flotilla comprising HMS ...