HMHS St Andrew
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 Pre war St Andrew in Fishguard harbour | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMHS St Andrew |
| Owner | Fishguard & Rosslare Railway & Harbour Co, London |
| Builder | John Brown & Co Ltd, Scotland |
| Yard number | 382 |
| Launched | 19 Dec 1907 |
| Completed | April 1908 |
| In service | 1908 |
| Out of service | 1933 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cross Channel Ferry |
| Tonnage | 2,495 tons |
| Length | 351.1 ft (107.02m) |
| Beam | 41.1 ft (12.53m) |
| Depth | 24.8 ft (7.56m) |
| Propulsion | three screws |
| Speed | 21 knots (38.89 km/h) |
| Capacity | 574 x 1st class, 426 x 2nd class |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Rouen France to England 29 July 1916
- 2.2 France to England 18 August 1916
- 2.3 France to England 4 September 1916
- 2.4 France to England October 1916
- 2.5 France to England 15 December 1916
- 2.6 Rouen to England 5 Jan 1917
- 2.7 Boulogne to England 2 March 1917
- 2.8 Boulogne to England 24 April 1917
- 2.9 France to England 14 May 1917
- 2.10 France to England 8 October 1917
- 2.11 France to England 11 October 1917
- 2.12 France to England 7 November 1917
- 2.13 France to England 15 January 1918
- 2.14 France to England June 1918
- 2.15 France to England 14 July 1918
- 2.16 France to England 3 March 1919
Remarks
Owned by Great Western Railways and utilised as a cross channel ferry between Fishguard in Wales and Rosslare in Ireland. In 1914 it was one of the first ships taken over by the Ministry of Defence, and fitted out as a Military Hospital Ship. From 19 Aug 1914 until 25 May 1919 St Andrew was operating as a hospital ship. Her first trip was to Le Havre on 24 Aug 1914. Her first run back with patients, from Rouen (up the River Seine from Le Havre), carrying 63 lying and 147 sitting patients. Staff comprised 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other staff. She was capable of accommodating 16 Officers, 23 Cots and 155 Berths.
After the war it returned to its normal role, and was renamed Fishguard in 1932, before a year later, being sold for scrap.