Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,647 pages of information and 247,065 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Thoresen Car Ferries

From Graces Guide

A subsidiary of Otto Thoresen Shipping Co of Norway

1968 Acquired by George Nott Industries; became part of European Ferries

1969 Townsend Thoresen was the largest operator in the British car ferry trade; it was the principal operating unit of European Ferries Ltd; the intention was to promote the services jointly but without disturbing the individual trading identities of Townsend and Thoresen[1]

1987 Name changed to P & O European Ferries (Portsmouth) Ltd

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Dec. 31, 1969