Wellington Dock with the Calais-Douvres II
"A fine view of the Wellington Dock about 1899 with the successful paddle-steamer Calais-Douvres II, not to be confused with the twin-hulled cross-channel steamer of the same name. In the foreground is the schooner Erme squeezed alongside.
The Calais-Douvres made her inaugural crossing on 31 May 1889, and was in service in the Channel for eleven years before leaving Dover about 1900 to begin another successful spell of service operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company under her new name Mona. She was capable of twenty knots and is believed to have been the first cross-channel ferry lit throughout by electricity. Her bow shows clearly the London Chatham and Dover Railway Company crest.
The older and much smaller paddler, the Calais, in service from 1896 o 1916 is alongside. Later renamed the Au Revoir, she was sunk by a U boat in 1916.
The Grand Shaft barracks re clearly shown on the cliff top, and squeezed among the quayside public houses to the right is the sailmaker sign of ships' chandlers Sharp and Enright."
(from Dover in Old Picture Postcards vol.2, by Bob H. with his permission !!)