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Name: ST GEORGE
Type: Passenger Ro-Ro Ferry
Launched: 28/02/1968
Completed: 07/1968
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard & Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 2029
Dimensions: 7356grt, 3869nrt, 1036dwt, 420.0 x 67.6 x 16.5ft
Engines: 4 x Oil engines, 2SA, 9cyl (368 x 470mm), 18000bhp
Engines by: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 21.0 knots
Reg Number: 309433
History:
07/1968 British Railways Board, Harwich
1983 Sealink (UK) Ltd, Harwich
1984 Psatha Navigation Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed PATRA EXPRESS
1988 Gitanic Shipping Co SA, Honduras
1989 Patra Express Shipping Co, Piraeus
1990 Marine Investment Ltd, Nassau; renamed SCANDINAVIAN SKY II
1994 MSJ Shipping Ltd, Nassau
1990 Renamed SCANDINAVIAN DAWN
1996 Renamed DISCOVERY DAWN
1998 Renamed ISLAND DAWN
2000 Discovery Dawn Ltd, Nassau; renamed TEXAS TREASURE
2003 Florida Day Cruises Inc, Nassau
2005 Corpus Christi Day Cruises Ltd, Nassau
23/09/2008 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Harwich - Hoek van Holland service. Cost £3,100,000
Capacity for 1200 x passengers & 218 cars (or mix of cars & trailers)
1990: Converted to a day excursion passenger vessel
1990: Re-engined with 2 x Wartsila-Vasa 16V32 diesels
23/09/2008: Arrived at Alang for breaking up
26/09/2008: Beached and breaking up commenced


Above photo as ST GEORGE is courtesy of John Hendy

Above photo as ST GEORGE is courtesy of John Hendy

Above photo as ST GEORGE is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly

Above photo as ST GEORGE is courtesy of John Hendy

Above photo as ST GEORGE is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as ST GEORGE is copyright of Joerg Seyler

Above photo as ST GEORGE is copyright of Mike Cornwall

Above photo as PATRA EXPRESS is copyright of Ken Larwood

Above photo as SCANDINAVIAN DAWN is courtesy of Nigel Thornton

Above photo as TEXAS TREASURE is copyright of Mikael Soderholm

Above photo as TEXAS TREASURE is copyright of Mikael Soderholm

Profile & Decks plans copyright of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, courtesy of David Benedet. Click HERE to enlarge

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