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
Renoir arrived on Guernsey to paint
- The impressionist visited Guernsey to paint Moulin Huet
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Herm tenant Major Peter Wood died
- Peter Wood and his wife Jenny were the first long-term tenants of Herm
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Guernsey hosted the second Island Games
- Guernsey took over custody of the games from Isle of Man
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Schoolboys and teacher went missing off Sark
- The school teacher had been sailing six boys back to England with his friend
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