Pity they are no longer in service. I made the trip between Calais and Dover back in the 1980s, in this very craft, "The Princess Anne"! Thanks for the memories! It was a fun ride :)
This is an awesome video! And it brings back memories, yes. I was ten in 1969 when the world was in a higher-faster-mood: first flight of the Boeing 747, Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and the introduction of the hovercraft cross channel! Actually, we young boys were very much intrigued by this splendid piece of British ingenuity, and this even more fuelled by an article in our English textbook about the S.R.N.4. Needless to say that as soon as I was allowed to travel on my own to Britain in 1976, I did my first trip on the Calais-Ramsgate line onboard Hoverlloyd's 'Swift'. I was lucky enough having crossed the channel several times on the S.R.N.4s Mk. II and III until 1991, and even once on the N 500 Naviplane in 1979. Have always been addicted to this form of travel which resembled so much a hybridisation of ship and aircraft. Thank you very much for having shared this valuable testimony!
Yea man ! There are still people that still wont baleave this was real . An amazing sight of a true amphibious machine with pure rubber and more than two engines. Thanks for your time in making this.
Park it in back of your house and watch the nabours shit thenselfs . Especially when the powers up for a Good lift 😆😆🤣🤣🤣 laffing like a Super criminal. ..
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From the same people that brought us the Harrier jump jet, Concorde, the Merlin engine that transformed the P-51 mustang, the engine that was stolen for the MiG-15, and the industrial revolution. Great vid, especially drive on. Would be great for Seattle - Victoria route
On my first trip to England in 1983 I saw the Hovercraft and was fascinated by it. Came back in 1990 and crossed from France to Dover on rough seas. It was a noisy and bumpy ride but fairly fast. Not glamorous as I had imagined but still a good memory maker.
yes it would.. there's the body part of it.. and around the bottom and underneath is the air from one of the propellers being pocketed in the skirt (the big black part puffing up like a balloon) so it can hover.. when there's no air the body just rests on top of the water
yes, all over the world! for all sorts of used inc. army, ambulance in remote places, ferry/cargo like you see here, tours and joyrides .. just it's not super common as a joyrides thing so you don't see it around much.. it's more for the big dogs cause they're not cheap!
J'habite pas très loin de ce qui fut le terminal hovercraft côté France (situé à Loon-Plage). L'endroit est abandonné, mais il reste encore le plan incliné en béton et de rares traces de marquage au sol pour les files de véhicules. Bien triste que cette époque soit révolue!
Brings back beautiful memories of early childhood - used to cross this way several times a year to visit my dad who lived in france. As a small kid i always used to find it so impressive- the noise, the way it "floated" on land and water, and the sheer ingenuity of the thing! Once this was gone, nothing could replace it. Looking back in this it looks quite a bit smaller than i remembered it!
Took this ride from Dover, England to Calais, France. That was a blast. Skimming over the water, waves splashing the windows. There was also duty free shopping during the ride. Gotta have that Toblerone chocolate. 😁😁
Yes I rode on this in1989 I purchased a tichet in Amsterdam left Amterdam about 7AM on special bus owned by Hoverspeed I think bus left Holland travelled west through Belgium and France and met with these Hovercraft channel crossing took about 40 some minutes and bus was waiting in Dover took us straight to London then I got on train straight to Liverpool then Mesrey rail to Ormskirk there by 8 9PM amazing I made it from Amsterdam back to Ormskirk all in one day crossed travelled through 4 countries by lend in one day
This might sound like a silly question, but I've often wondered, if this craft had an engine failure half way across the channel, would it float or not?
Are you kidding me? I've never seen this thing before 😱 I think only in movies I have seen it 😕 or maybe in a dream Idk. But why did they stop building more of those?
These SRN4 'Mountbatten' Class hovercraft operated between the Hoverports at Ramsgate [Pegwell Bay] and Calais,and between Dover Harbour and Calais/Boulogne. They stopped operating in 2000 and two are presently preserved in the hovercraft Museum near Southampton. There was a plan to recondition them and use them across Lake Ontario in 2010 but nothing has come of this. A smaller hovercraft still operates a frequent service between Southsea and Ryde,Isle of Wight.
If you stand in front of it and it runs over you, maybe with the cushion of air you are unharmed. But every single one of your hairs will turn white in the process.
I remember a trip from Calais many years ago. The channel was millpond flat but the cup of coffee that I had on my tray was vibrating so much it tipped over and spilt ........ those Proteus engines certainly delivered the power but were far from smooth
When I was living in England from 1974 to 1976, I took a trip on one from Dover to Calais. One big hovercraft.
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Pity they are no longer in service. I made the trip between Calais and Dover back in the 1980s, in this very craft, "The Princess Anne"! Thanks for the memories! It was a fun ride :)
My Brother and I crossed the Channel this way in 1974... Two young Hippies thumbing our way up to Amsterdam.Great Experience.
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This is an awesome video! And it brings back memories, yes. I was ten in 1969 when the world was in a higher-faster-mood: first flight of the Boeing 747, Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and the introduction of the hovercraft cross channel!
Actually, we young boys were very much intrigued by this splendid piece of British ingenuity, and this even more fuelled by an article in our English textbook about the S.R.N.4. Needless to say that as soon as I was allowed to travel on my own to Britain in 1976, I did my first trip on the Calais-Ramsgate line onboard Hoverlloyd's 'Swift'. I was lucky enough having crossed the channel several times on the S.R.N.4s Mk. II and III until 1991, and even once on the N 500 Naviplane in 1979. Have always been addicted to this form of travel which resembled so much a hybridisation of ship and aircraft.
Thank you very much for having shared this valuable testimony!
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Yea man ! There are still people that still wont baleave this was real . An amazing sight of a true amphibious machine with pure rubber and more than two engines.
Thanks for your time in making this.
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From the same people that brought us the Harrier jump jet, Concorde, the Merlin engine that transformed the P-51 mustang, the engine that was stolen for the MiG-15, and the industrial revolution. Great vid, especially drive on. Would be great for Seattle - Victoria route
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thanks for posting. I rode this in 89 but never saw inside the car deck, just the passenger area
On my first trip to England in 1983 I saw the Hovercraft and was fascinated by it. Came back in 1990 and crossed from France to Dover on rough seas. It was a noisy and bumpy ride but fairly fast. Not glamorous as I had imagined but still a good memory maker.
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yes it would.. there's the body part of it.. and around the bottom and underneath is the air from one of the propellers being pocketed in the skirt (the big black part puffing up like a balloon) so it can hover.. when there's no air the body just rests on top of the water
Visited the UK from the USA in 1983 and took HoverSpeed one day to Calais. Felt like I was riding a stone skipping over the water!
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yes, all over the world! for all sorts of used inc. army, ambulance in remote places, ferry/cargo like you see here, tours and joyrides .. just it's not super common as a joyrides thing so you don't see it around much.. it's more for the big dogs cause they're not cheap!
J'habite pas très loin de ce qui fut le terminal hovercraft côté France (situé à Loon-Plage). L'endroit est abandonné, mais il reste encore le plan incliné en béton et de rares traces de marquage au sol pour les files de véhicules. Bien triste que cette époque soit révolue!
I am stunned! Nobody mentionef where it is.
Brings back beautiful memories of early childhood - used to cross this way several times a year to visit my dad who lived in france. As a small kid i always used to find it so impressive- the noise, the way it "floated" on land and water, and the sheer ingenuity of the thing! Once this was gone, nothing could replace it. Looking back in this it looks quite a bit smaller than i remembered it!
Brings back childhood memories to me too - we used to live in France and crossed the opposite way for short vacations.
I always enjoyed a ride with the Hoverspeed :-) Great sound and vibrations...and very fast.
thank you for this! remember watching these when I was a little boy!
Wow it is really nice.
Wonderful usage of modern technology.
I miss those days. Lots of nostalgia there...
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It was no wiper washers, in England at that time(?) - or it was a concept with the Yellow Submarine in mind (?)
I remember James Bond taking Peter Franks' Triumph Stag on the "SeaSpeed" Hovercraft in "Diamonds are forever".
That one was the 'Princess Margaret' .
Took this ride from Dover, England to Calais, France. That was a blast. Skimming over the water, waves splashing the windows. There was also duty free shopping during the ride. Gotta have that Toblerone chocolate. 😁😁
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I remember going on one hoover Loyd in the early 70's could not see out of the window, far too much spray.
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We had one or two crossings with an engine failure, it still carried on fine but went sideways a bit more instead of straight line.
Thanks for the video
I remember July 1981 Dover to calais
Fabulous way to travel, brings back many happy memories, thank you
Great video! My cross channel experiences only began after the closure of the hovercraft so interesting to see what it was like
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Yes they use to "operate" between Boulogne (France) and Dover (UK) ... But they abandoned the crossings ... Pity I liked them ...
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22 Minutes was the record of the Princess Anne. Its so sad to see them go, im born in the wrong time :(
I did both many times aswell when I was a kid. Just the other way around.
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This is very good and called science, nothing more.
Yes I rode on this in1989 I purchased a tichet in Amsterdam left Amterdam about 7AM on special bus owned by Hoverspeed I think bus left Holland travelled west through Belgium and France and met with these Hovercraft channel crossing took about 40 some minutes and bus was waiting in Dover took us straight to London then I got on train straight to Liverpool then Mesrey rail to Ormskirk there by 8 9PM amazing I made it from Amsterdam back to Ormskirk all in one day crossed travelled through 4 countries by lend in one day
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Why 33 dislikers ?? Great vid !
This might sound like a silly question, but I've often wondered, if this craft had an engine failure half way across the channel, would it float or not?
It would sink like a rock. That is why it has four engines. It could probably cripple along on two engines , any less would be danger of sinking.
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You would look at that, listen and think 'wtf is this? Run!'
Me lol 😂
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Great machine, apparently it wasn't cost effective, and too bumpy to ride when the sea wasn't flat, but still, crazy look
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Like riding in a bus with no silencer over a ploughed field!
I always wanted to go on one and never did.
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These machines were brilliant. Much cheaper to operate than a tunnel. They must be reinstated and give Eurotunnel some competition.
Is this still in operation??? I´ve visit Dover and didn´t see it... I think is a good way to go to France....
Are you kidding me? I've never seen this thing before 😱 I think only in movies I have seen it 😕 or maybe in a dream Idk. But why did they stop building more of those?
I could ski up home side behind this
Once stowed away on a channel hovercraft - ticket had expired - niftily done - très irrégulier!
es war immer wieder ein Erlebnis mit dem Gefährt über den Kanal zu fliegen. Schade das es eingestellt wurde.
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We miss this great opportunity to travel quickly and well over the channel
I remember ,we could see the rubber belt come up, now and then in rough see.
These SRN4 'Mountbatten' Class hovercraft operated between the Hoverports at Ramsgate [Pegwell Bay] and Calais,and between Dover Harbour and Calais/Boulogne. They stopped operating in 2000 and two are presently preserved in the hovercraft Museum near Southampton. There was a plan to recondition them and use them across Lake Ontario in 2010 but nothing has come of this. A smaller hovercraft still operates a frequent service between Southsea and Ryde,Isle of Wight.
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If you stand in front of it and it runs over you, maybe with the cushion of air you are unharmed. But every single one of your hairs will turn white in the process.
Just like the Concorde...it's all about the money, not the brains :P
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One of the most bizarre vehicles I've ever seen!
amazing ship.whos country invension this craft?
British...
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I tried few times in Hong Kong , also 1 time to China... but not that huge...
I remember a trip from Calais many years ago. The channel was millpond flat but the cup of coffee that I had on my tray was vibrating so much it tipped over and spilt ........ those Proteus engines certainly delivered the power but were far from smooth
Still better than the boring Catamaran which was the Seacat :3
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Sun is still on its place ,moon is still on its place , same brightness of the sun, same coldness of the moon only the people got changed. 😑
Oh, OK. So it wasn't really a major drama, more of an inconvenience then. What a brilliant design...
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is this in the UK? i always wanted to see and ride one of these big ones!!
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great times with my family on this 1984.
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No, the reason services stopped operating was because the Channel Tunnel was taking away too many customers.
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jfc that thing is terrifying
During typhoon this vehicle can be a disaster too.
no worries ;) yeah that would be pretty funny if the fuel ran out and it sunk.. actually maybe not lol but it would be a bit silly lol
Ce n'est plus qu'un souvenir. Lhoverport de Calais n'existe plus. Ré gis Lehoucq. Lille. France.
the hovercraft is one of two cool things you Brits come up with, the other by far has to be James Bond
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OK. Thank you. That makes sense. It would be risky sending a craft across the channel that would sink if it broke down.
Thanks for your reply.
Thank you for your reply. I'd always wondered about that.
Amazing experience lost to many
Best way to cross the channel. SOME GENIUS BRING THIS BACK.
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how many hoovercrafts / hooverspeeds america have now...
hoover can carry 2 or 3 or 4 M1A / M1B tanks...
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The first time I rode in a Hovercraft was when they had one at Expo67 in Montreal Canada it was a way smaller one than these