1.
GV SS DOVER ON SLIPWAY
0.06

2.
LV DITTO PAN TO STERN
0.11

3.
SCU SCREWS (TWIN)
0.16

4.
SV NAME "DOVER"
0.17

5.
CU LADY MITCHELL PULLS LEAVER AND LAUNCHES SHIP PAN TO BOTTLE BREAKING ON SHIP BOW
0.27

6.
GV SHIP DOWN SLIPWAY
0.32

7.
SV LADY MITCHELL AND OTHERS WAVE AND CHEER
0.35

8.
GV SHIP IN WATER
0.39


CUTS FROM THE ABOVE
2.03



Initials EEH



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Background: BRITAIN'S LARGEST CROSS-CHANNEL CAR FERRY WAS LAUNCHED IN GLASGOW YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) AND WILL GO INTO SERVICE BETWEEN BOULOGNE AND DOVER IN JULY.

THE 3,500-TON FERRY, CALLED STEAMSHIP "DOVER", COST 1,750,000 POUNDS STERLING AND CARRIES 20 CARS AND 1,000 PASSENGERS. VEHICLES WILL DRIVE ON AND OFF THE VESSEL, WHICH WILL HAVE GARAGE SPACE ON TWO DECKS.

THE "DOVER", A ONE-CLASS SHIP, WILL INCREASE THE DAILY CAPACITY OF THE BOULOGNE DOVER ROUTE TO 4,960 CARS AND 25,000 PASSENGERS.

IT WAS BUILT BY SWAN AND HUNTER AND WAS LAUNCHED YESTERDAY BY LADY MITCHELL, WIFE OF SIR STUART MITCHELL, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD.