Technical data of the Princess Anne

The Fleets:

The 'Princess Anne' was the second Hovercraft to enter service. She is also the ferry which ever made the fastest crossing over the Channel.
She did this trail of strength on september 14th 1995 when making the crossing between Calais and Dover in only 22 minutes.

Owner

Hoverspeed (UK) Ltd.

Operator

Hoverspeed

Route

Laid up (ex Calais-Dover)

Building year

1969

Converted

/

Yard

Britisch Hovercraft Corporation

Length

56,38 m

Breadth

?

BRT

?

Crew

16 British

Number of passengers

360

Number of cars

50 cars

Lanemetres (LM)

?

Engines

4 Rolls Royce Marine Proteus

Speed

50 knots

Port of registry

?

Flag

UK

Former names

none

Former owners

none

Sister ships

The princess Margaret

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