TSS St Patrick (1947)

TSS St Patrick (III) was a passenger vessel operated by the Great Western Railway from 1947 to 1948 and British Railways from 1948 to 1972.

St Patrick at Weymouth
History
Name	1947–1972: TSS St Patrick 1972–1973: Thermopylae 1973–1980: Agapitos I
Operator	1948: Great Western Railway 1948–1972: British Railways 1972–1973: Gerasimos S. Fetouris 1973–1980: Agapitos Bros, Piraeus
Port of registry
Route	1948: Fishguard - Rosslaire 1948–1963: Weymouth Cherbourg 1963–1965: Southampton - St Malo and Le Havre 1965–1972: Folkestone - Boulogne
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Yard number	1183
Launched	May 1947
Completed	23 January 1948
Out of service	1980
Fate	Scrapped 1980
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,482 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	97.9 metres (321 ft)
Beam	14.69 metres (48.2 ft)
Draught	4.02 metres (13.2 ft)
Installed power	8500 bhp
Speed	19 knt
Capacity	1,200 passengers

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 Folkestone 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.