TrSS ''St David'' was a passenger vessel built for the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...

in 1906.

History

She was built by John Brown and Company for the

as one of a trio of new ships which included and . 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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:St David 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