Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. ST DAVID, negative

Martin, John Eurof (Photographer)

Bow view of S.S. ST DAVID at berth in Fishguard Harbour.

The S.S. ST DAVID was a triple-screw turbine steamer built in 1906 by John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydesbank for the Great Western Railway. She was one of four vessels built between 1906 and 1908 for the GWR’s newly-inaugurated service from Fishguard to Rosslare. All four vessels saw service as hospital ships during the First World War, bringing wounded soldiers back from France. When a replacement St David was built in 1932, this vessel was re-named Rosslare, but she was withdrawn from service soon afterwards and cut up at Newport in 1933.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1997.264/327

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Fishguard Harbour

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1950s

Acquisition

donation, 4/12/1997

Measurements

Length (mm): 88
Width (mm): 60

Techniques

Film negative (black & white)
Film negative
Negative

Material

Film (photographic)
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