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Name Official number Flag IMO
ST DAVID  123675  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1906  25/01/1906  06/1906 
Vessel type Vessel description
Passenger Ferry  Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  370 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
2387 grt / 658 nrt / 350.8 ft  41.1 ft  24.3 ft   
Engine builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
Triple turbines (high pressure centre, low pressure wings) 9500shp 20kn (max 24kn) 3-screw

1925 re-engined with double reduction turbines 8000bhp 22½kn 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Fishguard & Rosslare Railway & Harbour Co, London  London   
Other names
1932 ROSSLARE 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
First of four sisters (with ST PATRICK, ST ANDREW and the Cammell Laird-built ST GEORGE)
8/1914-16/1/1919 requisitioned as a hospital ship  
Remarks
passengers: 563 1st, 437 3rd.
190x 2529g 771n; 1914 2479g 1008n; 1919 2457g 1006n. 
End year Fate / Status
1933  Broken Up  
Disposal Detail
Broken up at Newport Mon. 
 

 

St David
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