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    Red Funnel, the trading name of the Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited, is a ferry company that carries...
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    machinery needed fewer funnels. Merchant shipping companies (and particularly liner companies such as Cunard and ferries such as Red Funnel) were quick to recognise...
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  • is of Ferries and boats that have been operated by Red Funnel. Between 1840 and the 1960s, Red Funnel line and its predecessors operated 40 different classic...
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    a red funnel colour was selected to identify the company's ships. However, the heat from the funnels caused the paint to peel. To stop this, the red paint...
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    hospital ship. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's British subsidiary, the Red Funnel Shipping Co, bought Grantala in 1915, and renamed her Figuig in 1917....
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    2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014. "History Isle of Wight Festival History | Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferries". Redfunnel.co.uk. 1 September 1970. Archived from...
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    Plan'. QuayConnect is a service contracted by Red Funnel since 2014 between Central Station and the Red Funnel terminal. Originally known as CityLink, it...
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    2015, when it was corrected following a letter from a Cowes resident. Red Funnel, the Southampton-based ferry company that provides routes from Southampton...
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    to keep it available for the new liner, arrangements were made for the Red Funnel paddle steamer Queen to be renamed Mauretania in the interim. The new...
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    Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry (category National Transport Trust Red Wheel sites)
    continuously-operating public pier train in the world. The ferry is now operated by Red Funnel, while the pier and tracks are owned by Hythe Pier Company. Hythe Pier...
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  • costing £10m, will be named Red Kestrel". Daily Echo. Daily Echo. Retrieved 13 July 2018. "Red Kestrel Enters Service | Red Funnel". www.redfunnel.co.uk. Retrieved...
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    MV Red Eagle is a Raptor-class vehicle and passenger ferry operated by Red Funnel on their route from Southampton to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The...
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  • design Raptor, motorcycles by Cagiva Raptor, a car ferry class used by Red Funnel SpaceX Raptor, a rocket engine Raptor, a series of Peavey guitars Raptor...
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    Car ferry and passenger catamaran services are run by Wightlink and Red Funnel, and a hovercraft passenger service (the only such remaining in the world)...
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    separates the Isle of Wight from mainland England. These are Wightlink, Red Funnel and Hovertravel. Since the Isle of Wight was separated from mainland Britain...
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    MV Red Osprey is a Raptor Class vehicle and passenger ferry operated by Red Funnel on their route from Southampton to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight...
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  • 2017. Macaulay, Jo. "Gioia Minghella… on family, ice cream & Anthony". Red Funnel Ferries. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December...
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    MV Red Falcon is a vehicle and passenger ferry operated by Red Funnel from Southampton to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders...
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    Thames Clippers ferries Sky Clipper Star Clipper Storm Clipper Red Funnel ferries MV Red Eagle (In conjunction with Southampton Marine Services) "Wight...
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    traveling to and from the spit would sometimes be taken on and off passing Red Funnel ferries in launches. Historically the site's status as a military base...
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  • Sydney Harbour between Circular Quay and Manly. Between 1969 and 1998 Red Funnel operated between Southampton and Cowes, Isle of Wight. During the 1970s...
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    crossings to the Isle of Wight, she is not the longest passenger ship, with Red Funnel's Raptor class ferries exceeding Victoria of Wight in length. The Victoria...
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    class vessels: Red Falcon, Red Eagle and Red Osprey. The Fast Passenger Ferry service runs to Cowes (which is called "West Cowes" by Red Funnel) in 22 minutes...
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    RMS Mauretania (1906) (category Four funnel liners)
    for a future Cunard White Star liner, arrangements were made for the Red Funnel Paddle Steamer Queen to be renamed Mauretania in the interim before the...
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    MV Red Kestrel is a freight ferry built by Cammell Laird for Red Funnel for use on its Southampton to East Cowes service. She was launched on 19 February...
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    Great War. Apparently some point during her enlistment, her long-faded red funnel, custom of the Cunard Line, was painted in battle grey. Sometime prior...
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  • MV Norris Castle (1942) (category Ships of Red Funnel)
    (55 m) long and had a capacity of 473 gross tons. Acquired in 1947 by Red Funnel, she made her first service voyage on 23 July 1948 and operated as a car...
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  • also constructed the catamaran ferry Red Jet 6 inside the hangar for Red Funnel, with the next in the series, Red Jet 7, also built there. The GKN North...
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    MV Red Jet 7 is a British high speed catamaran ferry operated by Red Funnel on its Southampton-Cowes route. It was launched on 6 June 2018 and entered...
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    of Clydebank. She was to be named Duchess of Cornwall, but for £250, Red Funnel Line agreed to swap names with their 302 GRT paddle steamer Duchess of...
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