TrSS St Patrick (1906) explained

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 and .^[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.

Notes and References

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