Saint Germain was a 3,492 GRT train ferry which was built in 1951 by Helsingør Skibs og Maskinbyggeri for SNCF.

She was powered by two 9-cylinder Burmeister & Wain diesel engines producing a total of 4,490 kilowatts (6,020 hp),[1] driving twin screw propellers.

[1] On 11 December 1951, she collided with the pier at Dover, damaging her stern and was thus unable to transport the sleeping cars of the Night Ferry.

[1] In August and September 1962, Saint Germain was chartered to Townsend Thoresen for use on the Dover - Calais route.

On 21 February 1979, she collided with the Liberian bulk carrier Artadi, killing two people and injuring four more.