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She was destroyed when she caught fire at Fishguard in 1929; scrapped by T W Ward Ltd.
 
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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==Soldiers carried==
== Feb 1917==
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==France to England Feb 1917==
[[Alexander Donald]]<br />[[William Arthur Shepherd]]
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*[[William Arthur Shepherd]]
==Apr 1918==
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[[John Hobbs]]
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==France to England 13 June 1917==
==8 Jul 1918==
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*[[Alexander Donald]]
[[William Wright Casterton MM]]
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==France to England Apr 1918==
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*[[John Hobbs]]
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==France to England 8 Jul 1918==
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*[[William Wright Casterton MM]]
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Revision as of 01:52, 1 May 2017

HMHS St Patrick.jpg
History
Name HMHS St Patrick
Builder/Built 1906 John Brown, Clydebank
Type Channel Ferry
Displacement 2,531 tons


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 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.

Soldiers carried

France to England Feb 1917

France to England 13 June 1917

France to England Apr 1918

France to England 8 Jul 1918