British ferries / David L. Williams.

Examines the history of short-sea ferry operations between British ports and from Britain to Ireland and other European ports from the end of the Second World War to the 1980s. Covers state-owned and state-funded operations arising from the formation of British Railways in 1948, independent operators such as Townsend Thoresen, the development and growth of car ferries and a chapter on the rise and fall of Sealink. Illustrated throughout with photographs.