Looking through an old album turned up this picture of a Cross Channel Ferry. Unusually it shows the 
stern of the ship which is in fact an old 'train' ferry. The name of the vessel is 'Shepperton' built in 1935 together
with 2 other similar ships, distinctive in that their funnels were on either side in order to avoid blocking the train deck.
This and a second ship 'Hampton' were operated by the Southern Railway whilst 'Twickenham' set to sea under the French flag. 
They sailed between Dover and Dunkerque carrying up to 12 sleeping cars or 40 loaded goods wagons. They also had a small 
garage on board for transporting up to 25 cars. She would therefore have carried the famous 'Night Ferry' which linked Paris
with London and would have remained in service until about the mid 1970s. Pictured at Dover in probably the late 1950s.
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Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com 
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British and Foreign Railway Pictures <A HREF="http://jampics.fotopic.net/"> Jampics Fotopic.</a>