Yard number 382 Fate Scrapped Length 107 m | Out of service 1933 Launched 1908 Builder John Brown & Company | |
Name 1908-1932 TrSS St Andrew
1932-1933 TrSS Fishguard Operator 1908-1933 Great Western Railway Tonnage 2,528 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
TrSS St Andrew was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1908.
History
TrSS St Andrew was built by John Brown to augment the three new ships of 1906, the TrSS St David, TrSS St George and the TrSS St Patrick acquired for the Fishguard to Rosslare service.
In 1910 she was in a heavy sea on a voyage between Fishguard and Douglas, and a member of crew, Thomas O’Neill of Waterford was thrown overboard and drowned.
During the First World War she was used as a hospital ship. In 1932 she was renamed Fishguard, to free up her name for a replacement TSS St Andrew, and was scrapped in 1933.
References
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