TSS St David (1947)

TSS St David was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1947.[1]

History
Name:
  • 1947-1971: TSS St David
  • 1971-????: TSS Holyhead
Operator:
Port of registry:
Route:
  • 1947-1969: Fishguard - Rosslare
  • 1969-1971: Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire
Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Yard number: 1185
Launched: 6 February 1947
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,352 gross register tons (GRT)

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
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "New G.W.R. Cross-Channel Vessels". Western Gazette. England. 7 February 1947. Retrieved 15 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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