TrSS St George (1906)

St George whilst acting as a hospital ship
History
Name:	1906-1929: TrSS St George
Operator:	1906-1913: Great Western Railway 1913-1917: Canadian Pacific Railway 1919-1929: Great Eastern Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1906-1913: Fishguard - Waterford
Builder:	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Yard number:	668
Launched:	13 January 1906
Out of service:	October 1929
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	2,500 gross register tons (GRT)
Propulsion:	Triple-screw with Parsons’ direct-drive turbines
Speed:	22.5 knots
Capacity:	1,000 passengers

TrSS St George was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906.^[1]

History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the Great Western Railway as one of a trio of new ships which included TrSS St Patrick and TrSS St David. She was launched on 13 January 1906 by Mrs David MacIver,^[2] and later that year started work on the new Fishguard to Waterford service.

In May 1913 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway.^[3] In 1917 she was requisitioned by the Canadian Government and acted as a hospital ship. In 1919 the Canadian Pacific Railway sold her to the Great Eastern Railway where she operated services to and from Harwich.

She was scrapped in October 1929 by Hughes-Bolckow Shipbreaking Company in Blyth.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
2. "Irish Channel Steamers". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Manchester. 15 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
3. Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5135-4.