Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. ST DAVID, negative

Martin, John Eurof (Photographer)

S.S. ST DAVID at Fishguard Harbour. S.S. ST DAVID is turning before berthing in 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 When a replacement St David was built in 1932, this vessel was re-named Rosslare, but she was withdrawn from service soon afterwards and cut up at Newport in 1933.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

1997.264/266

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Fishguard Harbour

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1950s

Acquisition

donation, 4/12/1997

Measurements

Length (mm): 45
Width (mm): 62

Techniques

Film negative (black & white)
Film negative
Negative

Material

Film (photographic)
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