Weymouth Ferries: The Rise and Fall of a Port

Brian Searle, Bruce Peter

Lily Publications, 2016 - History - 112 pages

This book traces the history of ferry operations at Weymouth for the last 50 years. Local historian Brian Searle traces the history of the port, the introduction of the car-ferry services to the Channel Islands and France and the decline of Weymouth following the demise of Sealink.

About the author

Bruce Peter is Reader in Design History at The Glasgow School of Art. He has written numerous books on various aspects of modern merchant ship design and operation. Recent publications include Danish Liners Around the World (Nautilus Forlag, 2014) and Museet i Dokken (Arvinius+Orfeus, 2013).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Weymouth Ferries: The Rise and Fall of a Port
• Authors: Brian Searle, Bruce Peter
• Photographs by: A. Ernest Glen
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Lily Publications, 2016
• ISBN: 1906608083, 9781906608088
• Length: 112 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / General; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial