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History
Name HMHS St David
Builder/Built 1906 John Brown & Co, Clydebank
Displacement 2,531 tons


Remarks

Built for the Great Western Railway to carry rail passengers from Fishguard to Rosslare (Ireland).

Fitted out as a Hospital Ship during WW1, with a Medical staff of 4 Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other ranks she could accommodate 14 Officer wounded, 23 in Copts, and 157 in Berths.

One of the few that served the entire war period from 19 Aug 1914 - 16 Jan 1919. Renamed the Rosslare in 1932 then scrapped the next year.

List of soldiers carried

Thomas Hesketh
Alfred Arthur Martin