TrSS St David (1906)

TrSS St David was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906.^[2]

History
Name	1906–1932: TrSS St David 1932–1933: TrSS Rosslare
Operator	1906–1933: Great Western Railway
Port of registry
Route	1906–1932: Fishguard–Rosslare
Builder	John Brown and Company
Yard number	370
Launched	25 January 1906[1]
Fate	Scrapped September 1933
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,529 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	350.8 feet (106.9 m)
Beam	41.1 feet (12.5 m)
Propulsion	Triple-screw with Parsons’ direct-drive turbines
Speed	23 knots

History

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.