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Yarmouth Ferries and the Solent |
Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them.
Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible). The maker of the card is shown in brackets (where available).
All pictures on this page are from my own collection, but are not my copyright. Copy if you wish, but if you repost or reuse them would you please out of courtesy let me know.
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Ferries arriving at Yarmouth during the 1960's. MV Freshwater in foreground, MV Lymington in centre and (probably) PS Embassy, a pleasure steamer at the pier. (Photo Precision) |
Ferry MV Lymington unloading at Yarmouth in the 1960's. (Collis) |
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Farringford unloading on a sunny summers day. It had a capacity of 32 cars. (Constance) |
The ferry Farringford shown at work crossing the Solent. This was and unusual vessel in that it was Diesel-electric paddle boat. It subsequently ended up as a Humber ferry. (Salmon) |
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The old landing stage at Lymington showing the MV Lymington approaching, this is the seaward end of jetty shown in the picture below and has now been replaced by a linkspan. (Tokim) |
P.S. Freshwater (this is the original, a paddle steamer), the later one was a car ferry) leaving Lymington for Yarmouth. |
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Postcard, probably from the sixties of the car ferry 'Freshwater' at the old Lymington pier terminal. On the left is the old station (now demolished). (Salmon) |
Not a ferry, but rather a Solent pleasure steamer, Lorna Doone, with Hurst castle in the background. Probably late 1930's. (Pan-Aero) |
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A stormy picture of Yarmouth dated 1906. (Tuck) |
An 'Oilette' card of a somewhat quieter sea of Yarmouth, dated 1905. (Tuck) |
