Sally Line UK (sometimes referred to as Sally Ferries UK) was a British

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

operator on the English Channel and North Sea.

History

Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of Viking Line, a Baltic Sea ferry consortium of which Sally was a member. The naming scheme of Sally's Viking Line ships was also carried over to the UK operations, with ships named either ''The Viking'' or ''Viking umber'. In 1987 Rederi Ab Sally, including the Sally Line UK operations, was sold to Effoa and Johnson Line, Sally's Baltic Sea rivals and owners of Silja Line. As a result of the change of ownership, a new Sally Line UK livery was adopted in 1988 and the company's ships were renamed with a ''Sally''-prefix. Sally Line UK operated the Holyman Sally Line service from Port of Ramsgate to Ostend from 1993 to 1998, but this became no longer viable Holyman became partners with Hoverspeed and moved the service to Dover. In the mid-90s Sally Line adapted a new livery and a logo similar to that of Silja Line, but this proved short-lived as the company ceased operations in 1998.

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* *{{cite book, last1=Breeze, first1=Geoffrey, last2=Cowsill, first2=Miles, last3=Hendy, first3=John, title=Sally Line: the complete story., date=2001, publisher=Ferry Publications, location=Ramsey, Isle of Man, isbn=1871947642 Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom Transport companies established in 1981 Transport companies disestablished in 1997 1981 establishments in the United Kingdom 1997 disestablishments in the United Kingdom