TrSS St Andrew was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1908.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
|
| Operator | 1908–1933: Great Western Railway |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 382 |
| Launched | 1908 |
| Out of service | 1933 |
| Fate | Scrapped September 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,528 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 351.1 feet (107.0 m) |
| Beam | 41.1 feet (12.5 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 direct drive steam turbines |
| Speed | 20 kts |
History
editTrSS St Andrew was built by John Brown to augment the three new ships of 1906, the TrSS St David, TrSS St George and the TrSS St Patrick acquired for the Fishguard to Rosslare service.
In 1910 she was in a heavy sea on a voyage between Fishguard and Douglas, and a member of crew, Thomas O’Neill of Waterford was thrown overboard and drowned.[2]
During the First World War she was used as a hospital ship. In 1932 she was renamed Fishguard, to free up her name for a replacement TSS St Andrew, and was scrapped in 1933.
References
edit- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Sailor Drowned". Aberdeen Journal. Aberdeen. 29 August 1910. Retrieved 15 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.