| History | |
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| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 1185 |
| Launched | 6 February 1947 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3,352 gross register tons (GRT) |
TSS St David was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1947. [1]
TSS St David was built by Cammell Laird in 1947 as one of a pair of vessels with TSS St Patrick. St David was launched on 6 February 1947 by the Countess of Dudley, wife of the deputy chairman of the Great Western Railway. [2] She entered service at Fishguard in July 1947.
In 1969 she was transferred to the Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire service. In 1971 she was sold to Greek owner Handris Lines and was renamed Holyhead. She never entered service under Handris ownership and was scrapped in 1979.
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