St. Patrick at Rosslare Harbour, c.1910
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | 1906–1929: TrSS St Patrick |
Operator | 1906–1929: Great Western Railway |
Port of registry | |
Builder | John Brown and Company |
Yard number | 371 |
Launched | 24 February 1906 |
Out of service | 7 April 1929 |
Fate | Destroyed by fire, 7 April 1929 |
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]
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.