People say that Singapore became rich due to independence. But Hong Kong also became rich as Crown Colony.

Thank you. That was the year I was born, in Hong Kong.

A great video - thanks!! 🎥

When you realized that the world acceleration is much to fast, like for cars there's a limit before the crash

I remember that old Hong Kong very well . Thank you for bringing back some very fond memories.

Great to see it like this in 2025😊( real history )

Great video. Reminds me of childhood holidays on board the Earl Godwin and the Earl William.

We used to call these ferries "mail boats". They mostly carried passengers, mail and some freight. No RoRo back then. Belgium had similar ferries, operated by the department for maritime transport (RMT). The British vessels were operated by Sealink. Both companies served the Ostend-Dover line.

Ferry interesting 😅

I saw her sister ship, Sarnia, launched at Cowes, whilst co-incidentally on holiday on the IOW, and the Caesarea bought my new wife and I home after our honeymoon in Guernsey in April 1967. (We had flown out). Brings back good memories.

Was it The Hengist and Horsa out of Folkestone in the mid 70s

The ferry company with the British Rail logo was Sealink (I think it was owned by British Rail because they used to put trains on their ferries over to the Continent before the opening of the Channel Tunnel). They were a big ferry operator in Britain until the 1990's. They had sailings out of basically every port in Britain, from the English Channel ferries from Dover to Calais, Isle of Wight ferries, ferries over to Ireland from Holyhead, Fishguard, Liverpool and Stranraer, along with the ferry from Newcastle to Holland and Harwich to Holland. I think Stena Line took Sealink over in the late 1980s and were renamed Stena Sealink Line. They would change their name again to just Stena Line around the time they were launching the HSS high speed ferries, about 1996 / 97.

Unbelievable to think it was built at Cowes .

I wonder what happened to the train carrying ferries that took the Night Ferry and the Golden Arrow services to and from Paris across the Channel as well as freight wagons. SNCF also had train carrying ferries that brought the London service of the Orient Express over.

We took the hovercraft across to Boulogne or Calais in the 70's from Dover. That was the SRN6 before the SRN4 started. It was too rough for it coming back so we had to go on the London which was horrible.

Nice video. Don’t think they would let you bring your camper van on a cruise now. I can remember the launch as a I left school in paisley. Thanks

Christened with the latin names for Jersey and Guernsey, I often travelled on Caesarea and Sarnia between the islands when I spent my childhood in Jersey. Both ships were reliable and quite comfortable for the time. I also remember a visit to the bridge of Caesarea one time, en route between St Helier and St Peter Port.

Hong Kong has been ruined, never ever the previous Hong Kong anymore 😢😢😢😢😢

Beautiful vessel. Compared to today’s vessels diminutive in size, huge in personality!

Another memory of these ships when out sailing with my father. You always knew when one had docked. There was a great line of cardboard boxes all thrown overboard to clear the ship probably for taking on more stock in weymouth. Anybody remember this?.

I knew these ferries well. Known as Seastink for good reasons. Travelled on them a few times from Weymouth to Cherbourg i think.

QE2 Was launched in September 1967, I was in primary school in Glasgow and remember it. Nice vid.

A good find, thanks. In '63 or '64, Weymouth to Jersey and return on the Sarnia including the Boat Train, steam hauled from Waterloo, along the tramway from just outside Weymouth station to the Quay and back. I remember cars being 'craned' from the quayside into the hold. Happy Days!

I remember travelling to Jersey as a seven year old with my parents on Sarnia. My earliest holiday memory.

The first place I owned was a 1 bedroom flat carved out of what once was the manager’s house Samuel White. Glorious look to east Cowes and what once was a railway station on the Cowes to Newport line. I have been told that in its heyday there were 3 trains coming in from Newport with the men working in the yards. I don’t know how true this is but I’ve always liked the Story

A very enjoyable piece of archive footage, from the days when we had British Rail and good ship builders- I had quite a few trips on the ferries (and on the trains, they were comfortable in those days!) A minor point- there was a typo in your otherwise excellent descriptive titles- the design of the turbines was Pametrada, not Pametrade.

Le " CAESAREA " était certainement l'un des plus beaux ferry du "détroit du pas de Calais " au départ de Boulogne sur mer , rien à voir avec les "caisses flottantes " de maintenant , des navires sans charme ressemblant davantage à des " fers à repasser " ....nostalgie d'une époque révolue

I sailed on one of these sisters to Guernsey in 1972 from Weymouth, on the return to Weymouth halfway across I think maybe more, I felt DISGUSTING!!!!!!, I felt seasick, I think it that old Portland Bill peninsula may have something to do with sea conditions around it’s vicinity, later I sailed from Newhaven to Dieppe in 1978 and return, I thought on arrival at Newhaven..‘hello’ ..the Caesarea or Sarnia tied up waiting for me, this time both crossings were very pleasant, at night it was, very nice crossing

My dad used to work on her and her sister Sarnia. This must date from around the 1967-70 period after the BR funnel colours had been adopted but before the Sealink branding was brought in.

In the 60's/70's I used to be fascinated as kid on holiday at Weymouth watching her and Sarnia going back and forth to the channel islands. Good times.

Travelled on both these ships in 1967 and 1969 to Guernsey. Rough in Chan el if I remember correctly. Also got to travel from Waterloo to Weymouth on boat train which ran through streets on way to docks.

Fabulous footage.

I went on a school day trip from Folkestone to Boulogne on the Caesarea - must have been about 1977 or 78. There was a big swell on the channel on the way over, and by the time we came back it was a full on storm. By then I think they'd allocated the poor old Caesarea to school trips, as there only seemed to be kids & teachers on board. It was awash with sick and after holding outside Folkestone harbour we were all delighted to get off the old tub !

I remember crossing to Guernsey and back on these ships back in August 1971. It was fun even if the sea was quite bumpy. We took the boat train from Waterloo which reached the dock via the Weymouth streets - it was all very exciting for a 12 year old!

I went from Weymouth to Jersey on this ship in about 1971

Gorgeous ships, the Sarnia and Caeserea were uniquely fitted with bow rudders to help when going astern. Salied on them many times and loved every second, they were never late or cancelled, the best ferries to serve the Channel Islands.

I live in Jersey and sailed on this boat a few time when I was younger. One time I told my friends that I was sailing to England on the Diarrhoea, which still makes everyone laugh still to this day.

G'dy to you, Thank you for this piece of long gone History when life a bit more Peaceful, my Family and I used to catch the Liverpool to Llandudno in 50/60s! Armadale West Aust.

Live in East Cowes, too young to remember these being built, but I have pictures of these on the building stocks. Anyone who knows the river Medina now will be incredulous that these 2 ships were launched lengthways! The building stages were levelled and filled in, to the effect that the hard standing area is part car park, part factory building for GKN Westlands.

Nice old footage. I remember the Larne - Stranraer route had similar ferries.

There even used to be boat trains to the ferries, from Waterloo, that ran through the streets of Weymouth from the station to the dockside kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4PWpIWQhNySsJI

A throwback like railway hotels to pre 1947 nationalisation days when the railway companies owned them. Like the nationalised railways shipping and hotels never received the investment from Government to make them anything other than mediocre parts of the nationised railway system.They were never privatised with the railways by the John Major Goverment but were sold off.

Villages were largely self-sufficient back then. Post office, pub, butcher, electrician, greengrocer, doctor's surgery, newsagent, toy shop and police house, perhaps a bank, ironmonger and haberdasher. Rising property values meant selling tomatoes or the daily newspaper was less profitable than selling up and taking the cash. Can't blame people, but English villages today are dormitory places and unrecognisable from the 1960s and 70s.

Great nostalgia 🙏 Pyramid Hill is Ngong Ping Shan in Ma On Shan.

All great films, thanks for sharing them

Lovely walk with you, so interesting, we used to play out dawn till dusk.xx🐝🐝

Nice video. Coming from Singapore I can tell you that Seletar Airport today just only preserves the old buildings and not so much of the military legacy. Even getting there is quite a challenge.

Wonderful👍Singapore is my favourite place to visit.

My uncle was a pilot there probably about the same time. apparently on landing forgot to lower landing gear on the jet. Not a lot of people know that😊

Here is some info for you. 894 (B) Squadron was disbanded in December 1960. Their aircraft were not Gannets. Their last aircraft was de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22s. As for the Fairey gannets. Well, Before 814 Squadron had its Wessex helicopters. They had the Gannet AS1s from January 1957 to September 1959. But, HMS Hermes did have Gannet COD.4s (Carrier Onboard Delivery) Between November 1961 to December 1969. I got the information from Wikipedia and Aeroplane magazine. I hope the info was helpful to you.🤓