Hoverspeed sadly ceased operations in November 2005.

Company history

Hoverspeed were pioneers of high speed crossings long before the channel tunnel appeared. Formed in 1981 after the merger of two companies, Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd, Hoverspeed originally ran a fleet of six hovercraft.

In 1990 Hoverspeed also began operating the worlds first vehicle carrying catamaran and today they maintain a fleet of four of these fast and modern vessels.

Hoverspeed Routes

Calais Dover

SuperSeacat - A previous favourite in the Hoverspeed fleet.

Hoverspeed's SuperSeacat made waves by slashing the crossing time between Newhaven to Dieppe from four and a half hours by normal ferry to just two with its maximum speed of 40 knots.

At 100m long Hoverspeeds SuperSeacat is also the largest monohull high speed ferry to operate in UK waters and can hold a staggering 674 passengers and up to 148 vehicles.

Its stylish good looks were fashioned by Sergio Farina, the design company responsible for designing many of Ferrari and Alfa Romeo's products.