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
Guernsey was struck by a hurricane
- The stormy weather caused a lot of damage to shipping right across England and parts of France
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Former bailiff Daniel de Lisle Brock died
- De Lisle Brock is remembered as a tireless campaigner against the authorities in London to uphold Guernsey's rights
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Renoir arrived on Guernsey to paint
- The impressionist visited Guernsey to paint Moulin Huet
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Archaeologists found a porpoise grave
- The grave was on the island of Chapelle Dom Hue, off Guernsey's west coast
- Read more…
