Sally Line UK (sometimes referred to as Sally Ferries UK) was a British ferry operator on the

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and

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History

Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the

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-based

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, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of

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, a

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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

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'. 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

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to Ostend from 1993 to 1998, but this became no longer viable

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became partners with

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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