The ferry has been in the news in the last few weeks as falling passenger numbers have threatened the future of the popular service.
We have had a look back through the archives to find some historic photos of the ferry, dating back as far as the 1930s.
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21. The Gosport Ferry
A packed Gosport Ferry in 1936. We see Dockyard men, sailors and ordinary folk boarding and alighting two Gosport Ferries. Photo: The News archive
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