Boats - Sailing - Ships
Aug. 08, 1968 - Russian Hydrofoil arrives at Dover.: The first of the 150-passenger seagoing hydrofoils the Russians hope to sell to the British transport industry, arrived at Dover today. A Russian crew brought the Hydrofoil - the Kometa - from Leningrad, via Rotterdam. It is the first giant Russian hydrofoil to visit Britain. The 42 m.p.h craft weighs 127 tons. Photo shows The Russian hydrofoil called the Kometa - coming alongside the wall in Dover Harbour today
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