41) Here’s the motor vessel Farringford, which was brought into service in March 1948. She does the short trip between Lymington in Hampshire and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She’s a diesel-electric passenger and motor-car ferry and, as you can see, motor vehicles can be driven straight aboard her. What is more, she’s double-ended, so that the vehicles can be driven ashore from the other end, when the crossing is over, without having to turn round. The Farringford can go at the same speed ahead or astern. she has duplicate controls in the twin wheel-houses, and two rudders at each end. In fact, you can go or come back without noticing the difference really. She carries 320 passengers and 32 cars, or 800 passengers without cars.


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