Category Archives: Ships

Ville de Liege – the shipping accident that was waiting to happen

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Lorraine

On 11 February 1929, the steel screw turbine Belgian State Railways cross-Channel fleet steamer, Ville de Liege, sank in Dover harbour. The origins of the catastrophe were set in motion some 400 years before! Up until the end of the … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Review of 1869 and the Ferret Disaster

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Lorraine

It is a little known fact that the first Volunteer Corps – the forerunners of the Territorial Army – was founded in Dover! Thomas Hyde Page, who was born 1746 and educated at Woolwich Military Academy on being invalided out … Continue reading →

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Blockships

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Lorraine

At the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918) on 4 August 1914, Dover’s harbour was taken over by the Admiralty and one of the main considerations was to prevent enemy submarines entering. It was decided to block the Eastern entrance … Continue reading →

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Train Ferry Dock and Train Ferries

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Lorraine

Like many other local historians in Dover, I feel strongly that there should a special place set aside to show aspects of Dover’s sea-going history. This facility, if I had my way, would include a section on the Train Ferry … Continue reading →

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