Townsend Thoresen
From Graces Guide
of London
1968 George Nott Industries, owner of Townsend Car Ferries, purchased the Otto Thoresen Shipping Co and its subsidiary Thoresen Car Ferries. Renamed European Ferries. Lee Beesley was the national electrical engineering division of European Ferries.
1969 Townsend Thoresen was the largest operator in the British car ferry trade; it was the principal operating unit of European Ferries Ltd; the intention was to promote the services jointly but without disturbing the individual trading identities of Townsend and Thoresen[1]
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- ↑ The Times Dec. 31, 1969