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Hovertravel
Hovertravel is a ferry company operating from Southsea, Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK. It is the only passenger hovercraft company currently operating in Britain since Hoverspeed stopped using its craft in favour of catamarans. Hovertravel is now the world's oldest hovercraft operator,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC – Hovercraft on the Isle of Wight )〕 and this service is believed to be unique in western Europe.
The service operates between Southsea Common on the English mainland and Ryde Transport Interchange on the Isle of Wight: the crossing time of less than 10 minutes makes it the fastest route across The Solent from land to land.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hovertravel – Homepage )〕
== 1972 accident ==
On 4 March 1972 Hovertravel's SR-N6 012 capsized off Southsea with a loss of five lives, including one person missing presumed drowned. This was the world's first fatal accident involving a commercially operated hovercraft, and the first fatal accident involving a hovercraft in the United Kingdom.
The craft en route from Ryde to Southsea was hit by an unusually large wave. The hovercraft capsized about quarter of a mile (400 metres) offshore.〔 After rescuing all visible survivors, the hovercraft was towed ashore at Southsea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/graham.alland/mypage2.htm )〕
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