Looking somewhat deflated, this Indian Coast Guard hovercraft was on the slip in the Itchen River, close to Griffon Hoverworks. She is 20 metres long and is listed as having the name/call sign H-194
I spotted her on the 31st of August running in Southampton Water, and I had seen her previously at Griffon Hoverworks on the Itchen. She is a military/naval hovercraft, but I do not know which country she is from or what her name is.
As a teenager, I remember a pretty rough crossing to Calais on one of these!
I took this photograph from a Bristow Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter, based at R.A.F. Manston, Kent with my father as duty SAR pilot that day.
The Hovertravel Hovercraft Island Express brings up spray as she arrives onto the pad at Ryde. a Rainbow can be seen on the left. Seen 25th September 2009