| 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
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