TrSS St Patrick (1906)

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St. Patrick, vessel, at Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford (21599574481).jpg
St. Patrick at Rosslare Harbour, c.1910
History
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
Name1906–1929: TrSS St Patrick
Operator1906–1929: Great Western Railway
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder John Brown and Company
Yard number371
Launched24 February 1906
Out of service7 April 1929
FateDestroyed by fire, 7 April 1929
General characteristics
Tonnage2,531  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length350 feet (110 m)
Beam41 feet (12 m)
PropulsionTriple-screw with Parsons’ direct-drive turbines
Speed23 knots

TrSS St Patrick was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906. [1]

History

She was built by John Brown and Company for the Great Western Railway as one of a trio of new ships which included TrSS St George and TrSS St David. [2]

From 1914 to 1919 she was requisitioned by the British Government as a hospital ship for the duration of the First World War.

On 20 August 1927 she was in collision with her sister ship TrSS St David in Fishguard harbour. [3]

She was re-engined in 1926 [4] and caught fire on 7 April 1929. [5] The fire was attributed to an electrical fault following which she was scrapped.

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References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "Irish Channel Steamers" . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Manchester. 15 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Irish Mail Boats in Collision Outside FIshguard" . Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 20 August 1927. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5135-4.
  5. ↑ "Steamer ablaze at Fishguard" . Western Daily Press. England. 8 April 1929. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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