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Sealink

Dissolved 1984

Headquarters: Hook of Holland
Founded: 1970
Employees: —

Photo: Barry Lewis · CC BY 2.0 · file

Ships in this registry

Counted from individual vessel records · Wikidata

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In brief

What Sealink is

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Sealink was a ferry company based in Great Britain from 1970 to 1984, operating services to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Wight and Ireland.
Ports served by the company included: Dover, Folkestone, Newhaven, Southampton and Harwich for services to the European continent; Holyhead, Fishguard, Heysham and Stranraer for services to the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man; Weymouth and Portsmouth for services to the Channel Islands. The Isle of Wight was also served from Portsmouth and Lymington.

Origin

Who founded it

Sealink was founded in 1970 by one named founder on record. Portraits are shown only where a freely licensed photograph exists and its photographer is known.

Founder

British Rail

British state-owned rail transport operator (1948–1997)

Photo: Aubrey Dale · CC BY-SA 2.0 · file

Corporate profile

Identity and registration

Legal name: —
Industry: —
Legal form: —
Country of registration: United Kingdom
Headquarters: Hook of Holland
Formed in: —
Founded: 1970
Dissolved: 1984
Employees: —
Head office coordinates: 51.9763, 4.1323

Ships on record here: 0
Vessel types operated: —
Flag states used: —
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Oldest vessel on record: —
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Largest vessel by tonnage: —
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Parent company: British Railways Board
Alliance: —
Record source: wikidata
Last refreshed: 2026-09-05

Vessel records

Ships on record

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The company is on record, but no vessel in the registry currently names it as operator or owner. Nothing is invented to fill this space.

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In context

How Sealink compares

Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.

United Kingdom is the country of registration for 97 commercial operators in this directory, among which Sealink ranks 70th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 260 vessels here. See every operator registered in United Kingdom.

Founded in 1970, Sealink is 56 years old. This directory holds 116 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.