528:, and was taken over by the military authorities and the ferries requisitioned for the duration of the war. Between 22 September 1916 and 2 December 1918, the port and town of Newhaven were designated a 'Special Military Area' under the 'Defence of the Realm Regulations', and the Harbour station was closed to the public. The port and harbour facilities, rail sidings and warehousing were greatly enlarged at this time and electric lighting installed to allow for 24-hour operation. Some 17,000 crossings of the Channel took place and over six million tons of supplies were carried to the French coastal ports. Eleven of the ships were lost to enemy attacks from mines, submarines, aeroplanes or "torpedo boat-destroyers" and about a hundred of the seamen, who had become well known to the local townspeople, were killed. Many survivors of the ships were brought back to the port.
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in April 2001. After five years of successful service and the arrival of two newbuild ships, the government decided to tender the line in a paid-for concession. One of five companies invited to tender for the operation of the service, LD Lines was awarded the contract on 21 December 2006, receiving
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and additional guns and fortifications were added in 1940. In 1944, Newhaven was an important embarkation port for the D-Day landings. At any one time, the port could handle four medium coasters, 3 LCT, 1 LCI and 1,800 troops per embarkation and 19 vessels per 24 hours.
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Authority has the power to establish and employ its own police under the Newhaven Harbour Revision Order 2016. This would be on the same basis as the
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1245:1871947200
814:References
654:Hoverspeed
494:Portsmouth
486:Folkestone
444:A view of
422:breakwater
206:River Ouse
171:Statistics
143:Department
86:50°47′23″N
1059:, p.1033.
949:The Times
938:p.1032-3.
565:A259 road
460:in 1882.
392:service.
321:, called
89:0°03′16″E
1306:Newhaven
1192:Archived
1086:Archived
1072:. WCCTV.
977:55653470
967:(1863).
747:Lifeboat
730:and the
671:LD Lines
663:Le Havre
599:ship MS
576:concrete
537:Canadian
522:materiel
502:Plymouth
390:Honfleur
327:Brighton
323:Newhaven
317:-hulled
315:mahogany
307:Shoreham
215:port of
157:Type of
138:Owned by
65:Location
48:Location
1055:Pratt,
802:, is a
585:Present
531:During
482:channel
376:route.
230:History
202:England
177:Website
159:harbour
114:Details
59:England
54:Country
1242:
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783:Brazen
609:France
601:Dieppe
374:Calais
345:Jersey
331:Dieppe
291:London
265:from
238:from
213:French
165:Marina
151:France
119:Opened
819:Notes
628:ro-ro
597:ro-ro
498:Dover
430:acres
370:Dover
295:Paris
240:Lewes
194:docks
1240:ISBN
1216:2013
1176:2013
1118:2013
1012:ISBN
973:OCLC
919:2013
888:2013
845:2013
781:HMS
767:The
719:The
705:E.ON
686:DFDS
675:DFDS
500:and
355:The
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122:1847
630:MS
372:to
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