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HMHS St David

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HMHS St David
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History
Name HMHS St David
Owner Fishguard & Rosslare Railway & Harbour Co, London
Builder John Brown & Co, Clydebank
Yard number 370
Launched 25 Jan 1906
Completed June 1906
In service 1906
Out of service 1933
Fate Broken up 1933
General characteristics
Type Passenger Ferry
Tonnage 2,531 tons
Length 350.8 ft (106.92m)
Beam 41.1 ft (12.53m)
Depth 24.3 ft (7.29m)
Propulsion three screws
Capacity 563 x 1st class, 437 x 2nd class



Remarks

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


Fitted out as a Hospital Ship in August 1914, with a Medical staff of 4 Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other ranks she could accommodate 14 Officer wounded, 23 enlisted men in Cots, and 157 in Berths. One of the few that served the entire war period from 19 Aug 1914 - 16 Jan 1919.


In 1925 she was re-engined. Renamed the Rosslare in 1932 and scrapped the following year.

Soldiers carried

Boulogne to England 4 August 1916

Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916

Boulogne to England 2 December 1916

Rouen, France to England 16 May 1917

Boulogne to England 8 June 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