TERESA OF SARK 1972 -
Owner Roussel Navigation Co. Ltd.
Operator Isle of Sark Shipping Co. Ltd.
Built Cheverton Workboats Ltd., Cowes 1972
Dimensions 40’ x 11’6” x 4’
Propulsion 2 x Thornycroft / Ford diesels. 15kts
Passengers 46
1972 March 21. Launched.
1972 March 24. Delivered Guernsey.
1973 April 12. Returned to service, with stern cockpit enclosed, and
provision of extra entrance door each side aft.
1975 April 18. On trials after having new General Motors Detroit diesel
engines installed, and top of cabin built up to allow extra
headroom.
1983 March. Sold to Boscome & Weymouth Sea Cruises Ltd.
1994 13 October to 29 January 1995 vessel registered as a fishing vessel at
Poole with markings PE 195. Info from F&A Dept website.
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TERESA OF SARK photographed on August 16 1972, before the alterations at the aft end of the cockpit.
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TERESA OF SARK returning to St. Peter Port 28 August
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TERESA OF SARK August 14 1974
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Sark to Guernsey 4 July 1975
Owner Isle of Sark Sg. Co. Ltd.
Builder Guernsey Boatbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Built on a Jack Powles 45’ glass fibre hull.
Dimensions 45’ beam 14’6”
Propulsion 2 x General Motors Detroit diesel engines 19kts
1974 June 8. Launched by Scotch derrick.
1974 June 17. Named in Creux Harbour, Sark by La Dame de Sark.
1974 June 24. Entered service with the 18:00 sailing to Sark.
1992 December 23. Loaded on SLOMAN RECORD having been sold, and
left bound for Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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L’ETOILE DE SERK off St. Peter Port August 28 1974.
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Another shot taken August 28 1974.
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Approaching Sark August 13 1981.
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Pictured arriving St. Peter Port June 26 1991
Owner Isle of Sark Sg. Co. Ltd.
Builder Guernsey Boatbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. 1975
Built on a Jack Powles glass fibre hull.
Dimensions 53’8” x 14’6” x 5’ Passengers 97
Propulsion 2 x General Motors Detroit diesel engines 19kts
1975 June 10. Floated pm.
1975 June 17. Passed DOTI trials.
1975 June 18. Maiden voyage
1992 November 24. Loaded on to KORA for transport to Rotterdam, having
been sold to a Dutch buyer.
2015 By this date vessel was named BRASAO DA CIDADE and operating
across the Portuguese river Roa Limia between Viana do Castelo and Cabeelo for Passelo Fluvial, see web site.
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L’ESPRIT DE SERK July 14 1975
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Passing under Point Robert, August 13 1981. 008w 23.4k
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Another shot August 13 1981. 009w 14.6k
CONDOR LAUNCHES at Sark
Used at Sark to transfer passengers from the Condor hydrofoils to the harbour.
WHITE HEATHER,’s
1977 SKYLARK Acquired by Condor , sold at end of 1980
1978 JOANNE OF SARK built.
1981 SILHOUETTE acquired
1983 26 March. SILHOUETTE lost at Sark.
1983 SERENITY chartered to cover the loss of SILHOUETTE
1984 HERM TRIDENT III chartered.
1985 CONDOR KESTREL built.
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WHITE HEATHER II Pictured off Sark September 17 1974
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WHITE HEATHER III Pictured off Sark September 17 1974
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WHITE HEATHER III approaching CONDOR 5 to ferry her passengers to the harbour. 28 July 1976
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Passengers disembark across WHITE HEATHER III into WHITE HEATHER II.
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WHITE HEATHER III alongside WHITE HEATHER II in Creux Harbour. September 1976
The latter vessel remained moored overnight at Sark, while the former returned to St. Peter Port with Alf Taylor and some crew.
1977
SKYLARK (ex Herm) was purchased by Condor Ltd from R.W. Taylor and she replaced WHITE HEATHER II but the service was still operated by Alf Taylor, the latter remained laid up at St. Peter Port.
1978
For the 1978 season the tender service was placed in the hands of the Isle of Sark Shipping Co. using SKYLARK (ex Herm) and initially TERESA OF SARK which was replaced mid season by the newly built JOANNE OF SARK.
JOANNE OF SARK
Owner Roussel Nav. Co. Ltd. (Mgr Isle of Sark Sg. Co. Ltd.)
Built 1978 .
Dimensions 42’ x 15’
Single screw G.M. 6V53
Passengers 46
1978 August 31. Entered service.
1988 31 December to 24 May 1993 vessel registered as a fishing vessel at
Folkestone with markings FE 65. Info from F&A Dept website.
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JOANNE OF SARK Pictured off Sark 13 August 1981
SILHOUETTE
Built Camper & Nicholson
Dimensions 45’ x 12’6”
Passengers 86
1981 Acquired from Herm Island Ferries by Condor Ltd., for use as a tender at Sark.
1983 night of 27/28 March broke from her mooring at Sark and was smashed
to pieces on rocks.
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SILHOUETTE operating at Sark as the Condor Launch August 13 1981.
SERENITY Chartered in 1983 to replace SILHOUETTE
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SERENITY seen moored to the Condor pontoon in St. Peter Port September 24 1983.
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Vessel seen at Dartmouth in September 1986.
1984 HERM TRIDENT III chartered as tender.
CONDOR KESTREL
Built Marine & General, 1985
Tonnage 28grt
Dimensions 52’ x 20.5’
Propulsion 2 x DAF 300hp diesels.
Passengers 100
1985 February 22. Vessel launched by Mrs. Anne Guilbert
1988 11 May. CONDOR 8 entered service, and as she could berth alongside the La Maselin jetty at Sark there was no requirement for a tender to transfer passengers, and thus the vessel was redundant.
1989 ? Sold to J. A. Thompson (Torbay Seaways), Brixham and renamed
SEAWAYS EXPRESS.
1999 4 November. SEAWAYS EXPRESS arrived Jersey upon sale to South Coast Cruises Ltd., and renamed SOUTHERN BAY ROSE in 2000.
2016 Sold early in year to Jetstream Tours, Rochester and renamed
JACOB MARLET
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CONDOR KESTREL seen at the St. Sampson’s yard and with the amount of people on the quay it could be the day of her launch 22 February 1985.
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CONDOR KESTREL returning to St. Peter Port after a day ferrying at Sark.
A number of private launches are able to carry up to twelve passengers operate under licence, and two are shown below.
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ISABELLA OF SARK seen ashore at the yard at St. Sampson’s on March 6 1993, owned by Sir Peter Miller and chartered to Isle of Sark Sg. as required. Built 1989 and sold by July 2010.
L’ESPRIT DE SERK (II) Owned by John Carre, and based at Sark, the vessel was built on a Halmatic hull by Guernsey Boatbuilders.
Early in the morning of 28 December 2003 she broke from her mooring at La Maseline, and was smashed to pieces on rocks.
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L’ESPRIT DE SERK (II) Based at Sark, and seen arriving there on August 14 1996.
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Another shot on 14 August 1996, showing her making a call at La Rosiere Steps Herm.
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Seen departing St. Peter Port May 27 2003.
The small NON PAREIL owned by George Guille has for many years provided trips around the Island for visitors.
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A perfect day for a trip round Sark.
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Emerging from the Moie De Mouton Cave, Sark.
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Seen under the cliffs of Dixcart Bay.
ACCESS CHALLENGER
Based in Guernsey and owned by Buz White who operates as Guernsey Boat Charter. The vessel was rebuilt from a fire damaged hull in 1992, and is licenced to carry 12 passengers.
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ACCESS CHALLENGER outward bound from St. Peter Port 25 February 1998.
TE-
The vessel is based in Sark and owned by Ray Lowe, and operates under the banner of the Eventgroup, and provides a charter service as required.
Built at Penryn, Cornwall, and completed in July 1998, she is a Cygnus 38’ and is powered by two Cummings 6BTA engines giving a speed of 20 knots, and is MCA certified as a passenger vessel able to operate up to 60 miles offshore.
Following the loss of L’ESPRIT DE SERK in December 2003, TE-
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Sark based TE-