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Floating Bridge No 6, pictured, was first brought into service in May 2017. The Cowes Floating Bridge is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the River Medina on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The ferry crosses the tidal river from East Cowes to Cowes. The first floating bridge between the two towns was established in 1859 ...
In 1884 the Isle of Wight Marine Transit Company started a rail freight ferry link between the Hayling Island Branch line at Langstone and the Bembridge branch line at St Helens quay. To provide the link the rail ferry PS Carrier was moved from Scotland. The project was unsuccessful and despite being acquired in full by the LB&SCR in 1886 ended ...
Cowes (/ kaʊz /) is an English seaport town and civil parish [3] on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry. Cowes has a population of 14,370 according to the 2021 Census.
Speed. 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) Capacity. 277. Crew. 3-4. MV Red Jet 7 is a British high speed catamaran ferry operated by the ferry company Red Funnel on its Southampton - Cowes route, alongside the company's Red Jet 6. Constructed on site at the Wight Shipyard where Red Jet 6 was also built, it has been built to a similar specification as ...
Red Jet 3. MV Red Jet 3 is a passenger catamaran ferry formerly operated by Red Funnel on their route from Southampton to Cowes on the Isle of Wight along with sister ships Red Jet 4, Red Jet 5 and Red Jet 6. She was built by FB Marine on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom at a cost of £2.73 million and entered service in 1998.
Red Jet 6 was named by the Princess Royal at a ceremony at East Cowes on 4 July 2016. [3] On 29 June 2017, Red Jet 6 set a new record for the circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight by multihulls, starting and finishing at the Royal Yacht Squadron starting line at Cowes , taking 1hr, 17mins, 17secs at an average speed of 39.42 knots (73.01 km/h ...
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On the Isle of Wight neolithic occupation is attested to by flint tool finds, pottery and monuments. The Isle of Wight's neolithic communities were agriculturalists, farming livestock and crops. The Isle of Wight's most recognisable neolithic site is the Longstone at Mottistone, the remains of an early Neolithic long barrow. Initially ...