The S.S. Autocarrier, the first purpose built car ferry pictured at Dover, and with a car being loaded by crane. She began working in March 1931, until replaced in 1947 by the Dinard, and eventually being withdrawn in 1954. She was put into service by the Southern Railway in response to Captain Stuart Townsend, chartering a coaster called the `Artificer`, and starting a new service to Calais from the Eastern docks in 1928.