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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 registryUnited Kingdom
Route1906–1932: Fishguard–Rosslare
BuilderJohn 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

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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

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  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.