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

History

She was built by

John Brown and Company John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including , , , , , and the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''. At its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of ...

for the Great Western Railway as one of a trio of new ships which included TrSS ''St George'' and TrSS ''St David''. 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. She was re-engined in 1926 and caught fire on 7 April 1929. The fire was attributed to an electrical fault following which she was scrapped.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:St Patrick (1906) 1906 ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the Great Western Railway