7th September 2008
HD Ferries makes its last crossing
HD Ferries ran catamarans from St Peter Port in Guernsey and St Helier in Jersey to St Malo and Cherbourg in France. It was a direct competitor to Condor Ferries, which simultaneously had a contract to provide services from the Channel Islands to the British mainland.
For a very brief period it ran a direct service between Guernsey and St Malo, but this wasn’t popular enough to be sustainable, and the service continued to call at Jersey on the way.
The service was launched on 6 August 2007, but it only lasted a little over a year. Its last crossing ran on 7 September 2008.
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Other events that occured in September
Occupation resister Winifred Green was deported
- Green insulted Hitler in front of an informer and was sent to a prison in France
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“Let em starve,” said Churchill
- Nobody's sure whether he wanted the Germans or everyone on Guernsey to starve
- Read more…
The melon king died… long live the melon king
- William Corbet became so renowned for his fruit that he earned the name The Melon King
- Read more…
Brecqhou was put up for sale
- The tiny island sits off the island of Sark. It was bought by the Barclay brothers
- Read more…
