TrSS St David (1906)

History
Name	1906–1932: TrSS St David 1932–1933: TrSS Rosslare
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

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

1. "Turbine Steamer launched on the Clyde" . Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh. 26 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
3. "Irish Channel Steamers" . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Manchester. 15 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Irish Mail Boats in Collision Outside FIshguard" . Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 20 August 1927. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.