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TrSS St George (1906)

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Yard number
  
668

Fate
  
Scrapped

Builder
  
Cammell Laird

Out of service
  
October 1929

Launched
  
13 January 1906

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Name
  
1906-1929 TrSS St George

Operator
  
1906-1913 Great Western Railway 1913-1917 Canadian Pacific Railway 1919-1929 Great Eastern Railway

Route
  
1906-1913 Fishguard - Waterford

TrSS St George was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906.

History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the Great Western Railway as one of a trio of new ships which included TrSS St Patrick and TrSS St David. She was launched on 13 January 1906 by Mrs David MacIver, and later that year started work on the new Fishguard to Waterford service.

In May 1913 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1917 she was requisitioned by the Canadian Government and acted as a hospital ship. In 1919 the Canadian Pacific Railway sold her to the Great Eastern Railway where she operated services to and from Harwich.

She was scrapped in October 1929 by Hughes-Bolckow Shipbreaking Company in Blyth.

References

TrSS St George (1906) Wikipedia


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