End of a ferry
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End of a ferry
Image: © Marathon Taken: 29 Nov 2012
This view looks across the Thames from Allhallows-on-Sea to Westcliff-on-Sea. Between the two is the Pride of Dover on its final trip from Tilbury Docks to be broken up in Turkey. The former Dover to Calais ferry had been laid up in Tilbury for two years hoping for a buyer, but none materialised. The trip would take four weeks and would be pulled the whole way by the tug at the front. The Port of London Authority tug at the back would be shortly detached. For more information on the Pride of Dover and its fate see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Pride_of_Dover
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