Got fond memories of here growing up trips across the channel with my mum and dad

09.min 32.sec So exciting 2002

Watching these pilots turn these giant unwieldy machines is fascinating. Having steered recreational hovercraft I know how uncontrollable they are. These monsters have fascinated me since I built the Airfix model 50 years ago.

Such a shame ... Getting rid of cool stuff like this ...to be replaced by french made boats because of spreadsheets .. Only things french have made popular in last 350yrs are camembert champagne and blowjob's ...

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They should keep that blade somewhere to remember what was there.

Engineers owned and ran the companies, payback in 5 years, I could go on !!!!

Dommage c était chouette

A veritable array of ferries coming and going at Dover Eastern Docks. It must have been around 1991. The Hoverspeed Great Britain is seen arriving and docking at the catamaran berth next to the new Berth 7 that is still under construction. Stena Fantasia departs from Berth 2 with her extraordinary non-standard livery. We catch a glimpse of a Super 4 hovercraft out at sea and then the impressive Stena Invicta arrives from Calais. Pride of Dover follows in as the European Endeavour departs from Berth 4 to Zeebrugge. Stena Invicta then departs from Berth 2 and passes the inbound Fiesta which looks much better than her sister, Stena Fantasia, in the French Sealink livery of the time. The Pride of Hythe follows in from Boulogne as the Prins Albert departs from Berth 5 for Ostend. Other ferries docked at different points in this film were the Pride of Calais and one of the 'jumboised' former Free Enterprise class vessels. Great stuff. Happy memories.

Err, dude, that's doctor syn not Samson.

It is the Dover Hoverport. My office used to be in the control tower there.

This is Dover as I led the team that demolished pegwell bay in the early 90s demolished by a london company and could be seen on Google earth still showing the bases to the Hydrualic rams which lifted the craft into the air for servicing. Derek Webb

Rude man.

Britain used to rule half the world and invent stuff like this all the time. When did it all go wrong?

why do you want to live on such a busy road with such fast moving traffic?

Used to live in fourth avenue 8 years ago. :)

I haven't been to Dover for quite a few years so seeing these photos came as a surprise to me. I used the hovercraft a lot during the 80s so knew these buildings quite well. How sad to see them reduced to nothing, this really is the end of an era (but then I guess that went when the hovercraft did). Are there any plans to redevelop the site? Thanks for sharing.

I wanna live in First Avenue........

That explains why I was confused! It's good that you made a record of this because the Ramsgate terminal disappeared without trace.

This is the Dover Hoverport

This is the Dover Hoverport.

some of the angles confuse me, but this looks like demolition of the ferry terminal, not the old Hoverport (at Pegwell Bay) which was demolished some time ago

Great stuff!

holy moly!