Harwich – Hook of Holland 1893-2020 The 2025 edition of Ferries

The 2025 edition of Ferries focuses on Irish Ferries’ operations on the Irish Sea and the English Channel

Olau Line was founded in 1956 by the Danish businessman Ole Lauritzen

a working union was formed between the South Eastern and its arch rival

the Vortigern of 1969 for British Rail

It describes the expansion of the parent company

Harwich – Hook of Holland 1893-2020 The 2025 edition of FerriesThis book traces the history of the early days of the Great Eastern Railways steam powered paddle steamers through to the turbine vessels of the London & North Eastern Railway and British Rail. The Dutch joined the Harwich Hook of Holland route following the post war move of the Zeeland Steamship Company from their previous base at Flushing (Vlissingen). The book includes the creation of the joint service and the car ferry era and the takeover of the