Yard number 1183 Out of service 1980 Length 98 m Beam 15 m | Completed 23 January 1948 Launched May 1947 Draft 4.02 m | |
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Name 1947-1972 TSS St Patrick1972-1973 Thermopylae1973-1980 Agapitos I Operator 1948 Great Western Railway1948-1972 British Railways1972-1973 Gerasimos S. Fetouris1973-1980 Agapitos Bros, Piraeus Route 1948 Fishguard - Rosslaire1948-1963 Weymouth Cherbourg1963-1965 Southampton - St Malo and Le Havre1965-1972 Folkestone - Boulogne | ||
TSS St Patrick (III) was a passenger vessel operated by the Great Western Railway from 1947 to 1948 and British Railways from 1948 - 1972
History
She was built for the Great Western Railway in 1947 as one of a pair of new vessels for the Fishguard to Rosslare service, the other being TSS St David. She replaced a former ship of the same name which had been sunk by torpedo on 13 June 1941. British Railways took ownership in 1948 and she was based in Weymouth. Typically running services to Cherbourg, she was also used in the summer for trips from Torquay to the Channel Islands. In 1963 she was transferred to Southampton for services to St Malo and Le Havre, and in 1965 she moved to Folkstone for the service to Boulogne.
She was sold in 1972 to Gerasimos S. Fetouris, in Piraeus, and renamed Thermopylae. She was sold again in 1973 to Agapitos Bros, Piraeus and renamed Agapitos I. Scrapped in 1980 in Greece.