TrSS ''St David'' was a passenger vessel built for the
Great Western Railway in 1906.
History
She was built by
John Brown and Company
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including , , , , , and the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''.
At its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of ...
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
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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
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1906 ships
Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
Steamships of the United Kingdom
Ships built on the River Clyde
Ships of the Great Western Railway