10th April 1987
Condor’s first crossing between the mainland and Channel Islands
Condor Ferries first service between the mainland and the Channel Islands set off from Weymouth with Captain Martin Dumont on the bridge. Condor soon became notable for running not just conventional passenger and car ferries, but also high-speed catamarans.
In the late 1990s it successfully bid to retain its licence to serve the Channel Islands and, in 2015, cut journey times further when it introduced Condor Liberation.
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Other events that occured in April
Man denies that killing counted as murder because he was drunk
- George Elias Le Rougetel admitted that he'd shot his sister to death but claimed that it wasn't murder as he'd been drunk at the time.
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Great Western steamer sinks at Noir Montaise
- The steamer Ibex struck Noir Montaise rock, close to Jersey, at 20 knots and sank. The passengers were evacuated.
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French catamaran, St Malo, strikes rocks
- A rescue operation swung into action when Saint-Malo, a French-owned catamaran, struck La Frouquie rock off Jersey with 307 passengers aboard.
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Corbière lighthouse is lit for the first time
- Corbiere’s 19m-tall lighthouse sits on a tidal island, which lifts the light a further 17m above the high tide mark. It was first lit in 1874.
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