7th September 2008
HD Ferries makes its last crossing
HD Ferries ran catamarans from St Peter Port in Guernsey and St Helier in Jersey to St Malo and Cherbourg in France. It was a direct competitor to Condor Ferries, which simultaneously had a contract to provide services from the Channel Islands to the British mainland.
For a very brief period it ran a direct service between Guernsey and St Malo, but this wasn’t popular enough to be sustainable, and the service continued to call at Jersey on the way.
The service was launched on 6 August 2007, but it only lasted a little over a year. Its last crossing ran on 7 September 2008.
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Other events that occured in September
Occupation resister Winifred Green was deported
- Green insulted Hitler in front of an informer and was sent to a prison in France
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Channel Television took to the air
- ITV's independent television station for Guernsey and Jersey launched in 1962
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Guernsey holidaymakers head home itching
- A stabbing in St Peter Port high street led to a life sentence
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A Guernseyman cycled to Herm
- Graham Glass rode a customised boat from Guernsey to Herm to raise money for charity
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