Builders: William Denny & Bros Dumbarton
Propulsion type: Twin screw, single reduction geared turbines.
Owner: Southern Railway Company
Service dates: 1924 - 1970
Tonnage: Gross 2291
Comments:
This slightly over exposed picture comes from 7 January 1925 edition of "Shipbuilding and Shipping Record". Dinard and her sister St Briac, were launched within a month of each other in late spring 1924. The steamers were built to use either coal or fuel oil and their turbines allowed them an operational speed of 18 knots. They were built for the Southampton to St Malo service which varied according to tidal conditions, until the St Malo basin was finished in 1931. They had accommodation for 1300 passengers, mainly first class, with around 450 sleeping berths available. Dinard saw service at Dunkirk in the evacuations and was later damaged by a mine off Juno beach in 1943. She was able to return to Southampton for repairs and took up Channel Island duties again after the cessation of hostilities in 1945. A couple of years later Dinard undertook car ferry duties between Boulogne and Dover and continued in this guise until 1960 when she was sold for use by a Finnish company under the name of Viking. She was withdrawn finally in 1970.