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Built for the Great Western Railway to carry rail passengers from Fishguard to Rosslare (Ireland).   
 
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.
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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.   
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Renamed the Rosslare in 1932 then scrapped the next year.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Boulogne to England 4 August 1916==
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===Boulogne to England 4 August 1916===
 
*[[Ernest Wells]]
 
*[[Ernest Wells]]
  
==Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916==
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===Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916===
 
*[[William Augustus Povah]]
 
*[[William Augustus Povah]]
  
==Boulogne to England 2 December 1916==
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===Boulogne to England 2 December 1916===
 
*[[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
 
*[[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
  
==Boulogne to England 8 May 1917==
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===Boulogne to England 8 May 1917===
 
*[[Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland]]
 
*[[Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland]]
  
==Rouen, France to England 16 May 1917==
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===Rouen, France to England 16 May 1917===
 
*[[Frederick Hobbs]]
 
*[[Frederick Hobbs]]
  
==France to England 12 June 1917==
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===France to England 12 June 1917===
 
*[[Archibald Shepherd]]
 
*[[Archibald Shepherd]]
  
==France to England 23 June 1917==
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===France to England 23 June 1917===
 
*[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
 
*[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
  
==Boulogne to England 3 July 1917==
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===Boulogne to England 3 July 1917===
 
*[[James Lawrence McKenna]]
 
*[[James Lawrence McKenna]]
  
==France to England 8 August 1917==
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===France to England 8 August 1917===
 
*[[John Arthur Patterson MM]]
 
*[[John Arthur Patterson MM]]
  
==Rouen to England 16 August 1917==
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===Rouen to England 16 August 1917===
 
*[[Robert George McLean]] Post WW1 men
 
*[[Robert George McLean]] Post WW1 men
  
==France to England 27 August 1917==
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===France to England 27 August 1917===
 
*[[Matthew Harwood]]
 
*[[Matthew Harwood]]
  
==France to England 30 August 1917==
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===France to England 30 August 1917===
 
*[[Leonard George Morgan]]
 
*[[Leonard George Morgan]]
  
==France to England 28 April 1918==
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===France to England 28 April 1918===
 
*[[William Francis Combs]]
 
*[[William Francis Combs]]
  
==France to England 23 October 1918==
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===France to England 23 October 1918===
 
*[[Alfred Haddy Pearse]]
 
*[[Alfred Haddy Pearse]]
  
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Revision as of 00:41, 28 June 2019

HMHS St David.jpg
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.

Soldiers carried

Boulogne to England 4 August 1916

Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916

Boulogne to England 2 December 1916

Boulogne to England 8 May 1917

Rouen, France to England 16 May 1917

France to England 12 June 1917

France to England 23 June 1917

Boulogne to England 3 July 1917

France to England 8 August 1917

Rouen to England 16 August 1917

France to England 27 August 1917

France to England 30 August 1917

France to England 28 April 1918

France to England 23 October 1918