Coastal Express at War Over 150 photos

Over 150 photos

This new and updated edition published in April 2025

the huge SRN4 hovercraft were running across the Channel and Italian-built hydrofoils ferried passengers to the Channel Islands

‘Channel Islands – by Sea’ brings together for the first time the full history of these routes from the earliest days of packet services to modern catamaran operations

Coastal Express at War Over 150 photosEighty years ago on 7 May 1945 the occupying German forces formally surrendered in Norway. This book charts how the Coastal Express managed to continue serving all those who endured unspeakable hardships along the long coast of Norway during the occupation. No less than 17 Coastal Express ships would be wrecked during the war and whilst many losses were the result of attacks by German planes a significant number of vessels would fall victim to the