COMPARATIVE FERRY SIZES - UPDATED

My how you've grown!

By Andy Gilbert

Here's an newly-updated composite photo, with sizes adjusted to the same scale, of Falaise, the first car ferry to run between Newhaven and Dieppe, the next British ferry on the route, Senlac, the French-flagged Stena Parisien and the Transmanche ferry Cote d'Albatre.

Falaise was 94.7m long, with a gross tonnage of just 2,416. Senlac was 118.09m long, with a gross tonnage of 5,590. Stena Parisien was 130m long, with a gross tonnage of 15,093. Cote d'Albatre is 142.3m long, with a gross tonnage of 18,564. Quite a difference, I'm sure you'll agree!

If anyone has a pure sideways-on photo of the Villandry or Valencay, please let me know and I'll update the comparison once more.