Yard number 370 Fate Scrapped Length 107 m | Out of service September 1933 Launched 25 January 1906 Builder John Brown & Company | |
Name 1906-1932 TrSS St David
1932-1933 TrSS Rosslare Operator 1906-1933 Great Western Railway Route 1906-1932 Fishguard - Rosslare | ||
TrSS St David was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906.
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.
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.
In 1932 she was renamed Rosslare, to allow for a successor vessel to be named St Patrick. She was scrapped in September 1933.
References
TrSS St David (1906) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA