TrSS St Patrick (1906)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1906-1929: TrSS St Patrick |
| Operator: | 1906-1929: Great Western Railway |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | John Brown and Company |
| Yard number: | 371 |
| Launched: | 24 February 1906 |
| Out of service: | 7 April 1929 |
| Fate: | Destroyed by fire |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,531 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 350 feet (110 m) |
| Beam: | 41 feet (12 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple-screw with Parsons’ direct-drive turbines |
| Speed: | 23 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.
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "Irish Channel Steamers". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Manchester. 15 January 1906. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Irish Mail Boats in Collision Outside FIshguard". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 20 August 1927. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5135-4.
- ↑ "Steamer ablaze at FIshguard". Western Daily Press. England. 8 April 1929. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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