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
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

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.