TSS St David (1947)
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| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 1185 |
| Launched | 6 February 1947 |
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| Tonnage | 3,352 gross register tons (GRT) |
TSS St David was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1947.[1]
History[]
TSS St David was built by Cammell Laird in 1947 as one of a pair of vessels with TSS St Patrick. St David was launched on 6 February 1947 by the Countess of Dudley, wife of the deputy chairman of the Great Western Railway.[2] She entered service at Fishguard in July 1947.
In 1969 she was transferred to the Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire service. In 1971 she was sold to a Greek owner and was renamed Holyhead.
References[]
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "New G.W.R. Cross-Channel Vessels". Western Gazette. England. 7 February 1947. Retrieved 15 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Categories:
- 1947 ships
- Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Ships built on the River Mersey
- Ships of the Great Western Railway
- Ships of British Rail