SPOOL 1.



L/S N6 COWES HARBOUR COMING UP SLIP AND SETTING DOWN SHOWS C/U OF NAME SEA HAWK PASSENGERS DIS??? N/6 LIFTING UP AND DOWN SLIP.



SPOOL 2.



GV/ N6N TERMINAL NAMING CEREMONY C/U NAME SEA HAWK INTERIOR LOOKING OUT IN MOTION



C/U LIVER



G/V PASSENGERS



L/S LAYING SLIP AT ICE ON SOLENT



C X/??? PASSING L TO R



SPOOL 3.



N/6 ???ING R TO L



N/6 ???ING UP SLIP



PASSENGER LOADING GOING DOWN SLIP FROM INSIDE INTERIOR PASSENGERS DRIVER



UP ???-AT COWES FORM INSIDE.



SOURCE: GORDON SIMMONS PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICIAL BRITISH HOVERCRAFT CORP. COWES TEL. NO. COWES 4121




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Background: TODAY AT COWES (I.O.W) MR. W. THORPE, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD CHRISTENED THE FIRST OF TWO 'STRETCHED' SRN6 HOVERCRAFT-'SEA HAWK'
'SEA HAWK' WILL ENTER SERVICE ON THE LONG-ESTABLISHED SEAS POOL ROUTE BETWEEN SOUTHAMPTON AND COWES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AND WILL BE JOINED BY HER SISTER 'SEA EAGLE' SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE 'S-TRETCHED' SRN6 -DESIGNATED SRN6 MKIS- DIFFERS MAINLY FROM THE STANDARD SRNH6 IN THAT ITS PASSENGER CABIN IS 10-FOOT LONGED ALLOWING ZOMORE PASSENGERS TO BE CARRIED - A MAXIMUM OF 56. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE A NOW HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEM. TRIALS WITH 'SEA HAWK' HAVE SHOWN THAT IT GIVES A BETTER RIDE WITH LESS SPRAY THAN THE ORIGINAL CRAFT AND THAT SEA-KEEPING IS MUCH IMPROVED.

THE INTRODUCTION OF 'SEA HAWK' AND 'SEA EAGLE' RESULTS FROM THE INCREASING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR THE SEA SPEED HOVERCRAFT SERVICE WHICH HAS CARRIED OVER 800,000 PASSENGERS ACROSS THE SOLENT IN COMPETITION WITH FOUR DISPLACEMENT FERRIES & TWO GO-SEAT HYDROFOILS SINCE THE SERVICE STARTED IN ID-1966. 'SEA HAWK' & 'SEA EAGLE' ARE BOTH BUILT BY THE BRITISH HOVERCRAFT CORPORATION WHICH HAS NOW DELIVERED OVER SIXTY HOVERCRAFT TO MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ALL OVER THE WORLD