British Railways (Great Western Region)
Built 1947 by Cammell Laird
3,783 gross tons, 321 foot x 50 foot, speed @ 21 knots
Seen at Jersey
1,237 passengers in 1st and 2nd Class
Usual route - Fishguard to Rosslare
Model at the RAMC Historical Museum, Aldershot, Hants
The St David was sunk, whilst employed as a hospital ship, off Italy in 1944
Her Captain J.R.O Thompson won the George Cross but lost his life saving his patients
