Difference between revisions of "HMHS St Patrick"
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*[[William Wright Casterton MM]] | *[[William Wright Casterton MM]] | ||
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==France to England 13 July 1917== | ==France to England 13 July 1917== | ||
*[[George William Piesley]] | *[[George William Piesley]] | ||
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| + | *[[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]] | ||
==France to England 2 September 1918== | ==France to England 2 September 1918== | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 4 September 2018
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| History | |
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| Name | HMHS St Patrick |
| Builder/Built | 1906 John Brown, Clydebank |
| Type | Channel Ferry |
| Displacement | 2,531 tons |
Contents
[hide]- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 3 Boulogne to England 29 June 1916
- 4 Rouen to England 7 August 1916
- 5 France to England 5 September 1916
- 6 Rouen, France to England 14 February 1917
- 7 France to England 3 May 1917
- 8 Boulogne to England11 June 1917
- 9 France to England 13 June 1917
- 10 France to England April 1918
- 11 France to England 8 July 1918
- 12 France to England 13 July 1917
- 13 France to England 28 August 1918
- 14 France to England 2 September 1918
- 15 France to England 21 October 1918
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.