Local Shipping – Ferry CALYPSOLAND

One of the ferries that used to operate in the Gozo Channel, between Malta and Gozo was the 1932 Dutch built CALYPSOLAND. She was built at De Schelde in Vlissingen, Netherlands as the PRINS HENDRIK but a year later  in 1933 she was modified due to instability problems by the same yard. In 1940 she […]

Local Shipping – JYLLAND

One of the oldest ferries that ran between the islands of Malta and Gozo was the JYLLAND. On 15th May 1943 she was completed by Pullman Car Standard Manufacturing Co at Chicago, USA for the US Navy as Submarine Chaser PCE 828 which was launched on 17th November 1942. On 31st July 1943 she was […]