ST. GEORGE
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:24 pmUnder construction by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend, June 1968. Designed for British Rail services on Harwich/Hook Of Holland route.
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ST. GEORGE
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:24 pmRe: ST. GEORGE
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:22 amPowered by the ill_fatedRuston 'AO'
Re: ST. GEORGE
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:42 pmDid she suffer from excessive vibration, I sailed on her Harwich-Hook late 1976 and seem to remember a lot of it!
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:16 pmBritish Railways Board, Harwich.
Ferry, 1200 Passengers. Bow and Stern Doors.
7,356 Gross. 3,869 Net. 1,020 Dwt. Speed 21 Kts.
Subsequent History:
[1990 cv to day-excursion passenger ship] - 84 PATRA EXPRESS - 90 SCANDINAVIAN SKY II - 90 SCANDINAVIAN DAWN - 96 DISCOVERY DAWN - 98 ISLAND DAWN - 00 TEXAS TREASURE
Disposal Data:
BU Alang 23.9.08 & beached 26.9.08
At a later date the Rustons were replaced with Twin Wartsila 16V32 Diesels developing 16,110 bhp.
Ferry, 1200 Passengers. Bow and Stern Doors.
7,356 Gross. 3,869 Net. 1,020 Dwt. Speed 21 Kts.
Subsequent History:
[1990 cv to day-excursion passenger ship] - 84 PATRA EXPRESS - 90 SCANDINAVIAN SKY II - 90 SCANDINAVIAN DAWN - 96 DISCOVERY DAWN - 98 ISLAND DAWN - 00 TEXAS TREASURE
Disposal Data:
BU Alang 23.9.08 & beached 26.9.08
At a later date the Rustons were replaced with Twin Wartsila 16V32 Diesels developing 16,110 bhp.
Re: ST. GEORGE
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:50 pmST GEORGE on the buoys at Hawrich 19.04.81 and outwards from Hawrich in June 1978
- Photo Michael Green
- Photo Michael Green Collection
Re: ST. GEORGE
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:47 pmSpot the deliberate mistakes from a post card sold on board
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:34 pmAs SCANDINAVIAN DAWN at Immingham 25/07/1990
Re: ST. GEORGE
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:13 pmAhhhhhh the well known case of the dreaded SS.