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{{Infobox ship
| name          = HMHS St Patrick
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| image          = [[File:HMHS_St_Patrick.jpg]]
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| image2        = [[File:HMHS_St_Patrick_1.jpg]]
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| shipname = HMHS St Patrick
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| shipowner = Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company
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| shipbuilder = John Brown & Co., Clydebank
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| shipyardnumber = 371
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| shiplaunched = 24th February 1906
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| shipcompleted = July 1906
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| shipinservice = 1906
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| shipoutofservice = 1929
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| shipfate = Caught fire and gutted - scrapped
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| shiptype = Passenger Ferry
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| shiptonnage = 2,531 tons
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| shiplength = 350.8 ft (106.92m)
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| shipbeam = 41.1 ft (12.53m)
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| shipdepth = 16.5 ft (5.03m)
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| shipcapacity = 563 x 1st class, and 437 x 2nd class
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==Remarks==
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She was owned by Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company and was used as a ferry between Fishguard and Rosslare.
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From 1914 to 1919 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship, ''HMHS St Patrick''. Along with her sister ships the ''St. David'' and ''St. Andrew'' she was one of the first five ships to be requisitioned (19 Aug 1914) during the First World War. Converted to a hospital ship, it had a capacity of 146 berths and 28 cots, remaining in service until January 1919.
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She was virtualy destroyed when she caught fire at Fishguard in 1929 resulting in her being scrapped by Thomas W Ward Ltd.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Boulogne to England 29 June 1916===
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* † [[Albert Edward John Walls]]
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===Rouen to England 7 August 1916===
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* [[Walter Hayward]]
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===France to England 5 September 1916===
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* [[Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor]]
  
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===Rouen, France to England 14 February 1917===
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* [[Joseph Pulford]]
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| header1  = History
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===France to England 27 April 1917===
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* † [[John Hobbs]]
  
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===France to England 3 May 1917===
|  data2  = HMHS St Patrick
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* [[William Arthur Shepherd]]
  
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===Boulogne to England 11 June 1917===
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* [[John Henry Whitfield]]
  
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===France to England 13 June 1917===
|  data3  = 1906 John Brown, Clydebank
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* [[Alexander Donald]]
  
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===France to England 13 Jul 1917===
|  data4  = Channel Ferry
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* [[George William Piesley]]
  
|  label5  = Displacement
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===France to England 20 Apr 1918===
|  data5  = 2,531 tons
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*[[George Edward Binns]]
  
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===France to England 27 April 1918===
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* [[John Hobbs]]
  
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===France to England 8 July 1918===
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*[[William Wright Casterton MM]]
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===France to England 15 Jul 1918===
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* [[George Emanuel Nettleton]]
  
==Remarks==
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===France to England 28 August 1918===
She was owned by Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company and was used as a ferry between Fishguard and Rosslare.
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*[[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
From 1914 to 1919 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship, HMHS St Patrick. Along with her sister ships the St. David and St. Andrew she was one of the first five ships to be requisitioned during the First World War and converted to a hospital ship with a capacity of 146 berths and 28 cots, remaining in service until January 1919.
 
 
She was destroyed when she caught fire at Fishguard in 1929; scrapped by T W Ward Ltd.
 
  
==List of soldiers carried==
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===France to England 2 September 1918===
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* [[Thomas Hetherington]]
  
[[William Wright Casterton MM]]<br />[[Alexander Donald]]
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===France to England 21 October 1918===
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* [[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 19:55, 20 October 2021

HMHS St Patrick
HMHS St Patrick.jpg
HMHS St Patrick 1.jpg
History
Name HMHS St Patrick
Owner Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company
Builder John Brown & Co., Clydebank
Yard number 371
Launched 24th February 1906
Completed July 1906
In service 1906
Out of service 1929
Fate Caught fire and gutted - scrapped
General characteristics
Type Passenger Ferry
Tonnage 2,531 tons
Length 350.8 ft (106.92m)
Beam 41.1 ft (12.53m)
Depth 16.5 ft (5.03m)
Capacity 563 x 1st class, and 437 x 2nd class



Remarks

She was owned by Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company and was used as a ferry between Fishguard and Rosslare. From 1914 to 1919 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship, HMHS St Patrick. Along with her sister ships the St. David and St. Andrew she was one of the first five ships to be requisitioned (19 Aug 1914) during the First World War. Converted to a hospital ship, it had a capacity of 146 berths and 28 cots, remaining in service until January 1919.


She was virtualy destroyed when she caught fire at Fishguard in 1929 resulting in her being scrapped by Thomas W Ward Ltd.

Soldiers carried

Boulogne to England 29 June 1916

Rouen to England 7 August 1916

France to England 5 September 1916

Rouen, France to England 14 February 1917

France to England 27 April 1917

France to England 3 May 1917

Boulogne to England 11 June 1917

France to England 13 June 1917

France to England 13 Jul 1917

France to England 20 Apr 1918

France to England 27 April 1918

France to England 8 July 1918

France to England 15 Jul 1918

France to England 28 August 1918

France to England 2 September 1918

France to England 21 October 1918