European Ferries
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European Ferries Group plc was a company that operated in passenger and freight ferries, harbour operation and property management in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was taken over by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and renamed P&O European Ferries in 1987.[1]
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Predecessor | Townsend Car Ferries Ltd (1959) Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd (1968) Atlantic Steam Navigation Company Ltd (1971) Larne Harbour Ltd (1973) Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company (1976) |
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Founded | 1935 (as Monument Securities Ltd) |
Defunct | 1987 |
Successor | P&O European Ferries |
Headquarters | Dover, UK |
Area served | England, France, Belgium, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
Services | Passenger transportation, Freight transportation, Harbour Operation, Property |
£45.5 million (1985) | |
Divisions | Shipping Harbour Operations Overseas Property |
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