One of the new ferries in 2005

Lynher in 2005

The Torpoint Ferry is a car and pedestrian chain ferry crossing the Hamoaze, a stretch of water at the mouth of the River Tamar, between Devonport in Plymouth and Torpoint in Cornwall. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3090x2048, 4956 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Torpoint Ferry Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3090x2048, 4956 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Torpoint Ferry Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3090x2048, 5429 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Torpoint Ferry Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3090x2048, 5429 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Torpoint Ferry Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Karl Benzs Velo (vélo means bicycle in French) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race 2005 MINI Cooper S. An automobile (also motor car or simply car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Look up Pedestrian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Coin operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, Norway A cable ferry is a means of water transportation by which a ferry or other boat is propelled and guided across a river or other larger body of water by means of cables or chains connected to both shores. ... Devonport Dockyard and the Hamoaze from the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall The Hamoaze (IPA: in Cornish) is an estuarine stretch of water at the point where the tidal River Tamar, the River Tavy, and the River Lynher enter Plymouth Sound. ... The Tamar is a river in south western England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). ... Devonport, in Devon, was formerly called Plymouth Dock. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Torpoint (Cornish: Penntorr) is a town in the far South East of Cornwall, United Kingdom, separated from the City of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar. ... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ...

The route is served by three pontoon ferries, named after the three tributaries of Plymouth Sound, Plym II, Tamar II, and Lynher II. Each ferry carries 73 cars and operates using its own set of parallel chains and slipways. With all three ferries in use a 10 minute interval service is provided. The three current ferries, launched in 2004 and 2005, replaced earlier ones, Plym, Tamar, and Lynher, dating from the 1960s.^[1] Map of the UK showing the location of Plymouth Sound at 50. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

The ferries, along with the nearby Tamar Bridge, are operated by the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee, which is jointly owned by Plymouth City Council and Cornwall County Council. The Tamar Bridge during widening and strengthening work, 1999 The Tamar Bridge is a major road bridge in southwest England carrying traffic between Devon and Cornwall. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ...

References

1. ^ Hall, Nick. "Chained links", Ships Monthly, IPC Country & Leisure Media, November 2006, pp. 17-21. 

External links

• Official Torpoint Ferry site

Coordinates: 50°22′31.20″N, 04°11′23.42″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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