MV The Lady Patricia

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MV The Lady Patricia was a vessel in the Guinness shipping fleet.

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History

The Lady Patricia was built by Charles Hill & Sons of Bristol as a replacement for The Guinness. [1] [2] She was launched in November 1962 by Lady Patrica Lennox-Boyd Guinness, wife of former British Cabinet Minister Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh. [1]

In 1973 she was converted into a tanker. [2]

In April 1993 she sailed out of Dublin port for the last time, to the Manchester Ship Canal, where she was sold. [2] In April 1993 she was scrapped. [3]

Filming

In Far and Away she was used as the emigrant ship and in Hear My Song she was used as the mailboat. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Guinness Ship The Lady Patricia". RTÉ Archive . Raidió Teilifís Éireann . Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Archive Fact Sheet: Guinness Ships" (PDF). Guinness Storehouse . Guinness . Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 Bourke, Edward. "The Guinness Fleets - The Guinness Fleets of Boats, ships and yachts". Online Journal of Irish Maritime History. Retrieved 4 March 2018.