St. George

Ownership

1919 Great Eastern Railway Company
1923 LNER

Capacity

500 (day), berths 220 1^st class and 100 2^nd Class.

Routes

Harwich - Hoek van Holland

Shipbuilder

Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead (yard no. 665)
Launched 13/01/1906 Completed 09/1906

Dimensions

GRT: 2456grt

Length: 352ft

Beam: 41ft

Engine builder

Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead

Propulsion

3 Parsons turbines, 10000SHP, triple screws, 20 knots

Notes

Built for the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Board for their Irish Sea service. Sold in 1913 to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, London for service in the Bay of Fundy. Returned to the U.K. in 1915 as a hospital carrier until 1918.
Purchased by the GER in 1919.
Broken up at Blyth Q4/1929