TrSS St David (1906)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Operator | 1906–1933: Great Western Railway |
| Port of registry |  |
| Route | 1906–1932: Fishguard–Rosslare |
| Builder | John Brown and Company |
| Yard number | 370 |
| Launched | 25 January 1906[1] |
| Fate | Scrapped September 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,529 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 350.8 feet (106.9 m) |
| Beam | 41.1 feet (12.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple-screw with Parsons’ direct-drive turbines |
| Speed | 23 knots |
TrSS St David was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906.[2]
History
[edit]She was built by John Brown and Company for the Great Western Railway as one of a trio of new ships which included TrSS St George and TrSS St Patrick.[3]
From 1914 to 1919 she was requisitioned by the British Government as a hospital ship for the duration of the First World War.
She was re-engined in 1925.
On 20 August 1927 she was in collision with her sister ship TrSS St Patrick in Fishguard harbour.[4]
In 1932 she was renamed Rosslare, to allow for a successor vessel to be named St Patrick. She was scrapped in September 1933.
References
[edit]- ^ "Turbine Steamer launched on the Clyde". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh. 26 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Irish Channel Steamers". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Manchester. 15 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Irish Mail Boats in Collision Outside FIshguard". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 20 August 1927. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.