TSS St David (1947)

History
Name	1947–1971: TSS St David 1971–????: TSS Holyhead
Operator	1947–1948: Great Western Railway 1948–1971: British Railways
Port of registry
Route	1947–1969: Fishguard - Rosslare 1969–1971: Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire
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 and operated by British Railways from 1948. ^[1] She was sold in 1971 to Handris Lines of Greece and was renamed Holyhead, but never entered service and was scrapped in 1979.

History

The St David was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead in 1947 as one of a pair of vessels with 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.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "New G.W.R. Cross-Channel Vessels" . Western Gazette . England. 7 February 1947. Retrieved 15 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.