Boats - Sailing - Ships

Sep. 09, 1967 - A giant Hovercraft nears completion.: Four 165-ton Sr. N4 hovercraft, a fast passenger/car ferry designed for operations on open-sea ferry routes, are in various stages of production at ferry routes, are in various stages of production at British Hovercraft Corporations works at Cowes, Isle of Wight, One of them is nearing completion. It's requirements. Typical layouts include all-passenger version on abort routes and a passenger/car version carrying 256 people seated and 30 cars. In addition Sr. N4 can be used to carry freight. Large doors at the bow and stern greatly facilitate loading and unloading. Fitted with 7ft. skirts, Sr. N4 will be capable of operating in 10 ft. seas normally the maximum, sea state envisaged for open water routes such as the English Channel. In cal weather it can carry a disposable load of 63.5 tons at maximum cruising speed of 70 knots over distances of up to 175 n. miles on 10 tons of fuel. Photo shows General view showing work on the nearly completed Sr. N4, at the British Hovercraft Corporation works at Cowes, Isle of Wight

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