TrSS St Patrick (1906)

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

St. Patrick at Rosslare Harbour, c.1910
History
United Kingdom
Name1906–1929: TrSS St Patrick
Operator1906–1929: Great Western Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderJohn 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

History

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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.

References

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  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.