TSS St Helier (1925)

History
Name	1925–1940: TSS St Helier; 1940–1945: HMS St Helier; 1945–1960: TSS St Helier;
Operator	1925–1940: Great Western Railway; 1940–1945: Royal Navy; 1945–1947: Great Western Railway; 1948–1960: British Railways;
Port of registry
Route	1925–1939: Weymouth - Channel Islands; 1939–1940: Fishguard - Rosslare; 1945–1960: Weymouth - Channel Islands;
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Yard number	510
Launched	26 March 1925
Out of service	29 December 1960
Fate	Scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,885 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	282.2 feet (86.0 m)
Beam	40 feet (12 m)
Draught	13 feet (4.0 m)
Propulsion	4 parsons steam turbines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

TSS St Helier was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1925.^[1]

^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.

History

Name	1925–1940: TSS St Helier 1940–1945: HMS St Helier 1945–1960: TSS St Helier
Operator	1925–1940: Great Western Railway 1940–1945: Royal Navy 1945–1947: Great Western Railway 1948–1960: British Railways
Port of registry
Route	1925–1939: Weymouth - Channel Islands 1939–1940: Fishguard - Rosslare 1945–1960: Weymouth - Channel Islands
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Yard number	510
Launched	26 March 1925
Out of service	29 December 1960
Fate	Scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,885 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	282.2 feet (86.0 m)
Beam	40 feet (12 m)
Draught	13 feet (4.0 m)
Propulsion	4 parsons steam turbines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)