TrSS St David (1906)

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History
Name
  • 1906-1932: TrSS St David
  • 1932-1933: TrSS Rosslare
Operator1906-1933: Great Western Railway
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route1906-1932: Fishguard - Rosslare
Builder John Brown and Company
Yard number370
Launched25 January 1906 [1]
FateScrapped September 1933
General characteristics
Tonnage2,529  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length350.8 feet (106.9 m)
Beam41.1 feet (12.5 m)
PropulsionTriple-screw with Parsons’ direct-drive turbines
Speed23 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.

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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.
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