• 1915 - tr.s.s. 'St. Patrick' - on the Penarth Pontoon following a collision. I believe the collision referred too is that which occurred during late August 1927 when she and her sister ship, tr.s.s. 'St. David' met and 'kissed' in Fishguard Harbour!

'St. Patrick' was built at the John Brown & Co. shipyard at Clydebank, Scotland, launched in February 1906 and was of 2,531 gross register tons. She was one of a trio of vessels built for the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Co. to serve the Fishguard to Rosslare service and her three direct drive turbine engines drove her at up to 23 knots. Utilised as a hospital ship during WWI, she met her fate whilst moored at Fishguard Harbour during April 1929 when she caught fire. She was sold for scrap to T W Ward Ltd. the following year whilst her engines were recycled and installed in her sister ship the 'St. Andrew'.

The original photograph is held within the archives of the National Museum of Wales and is reproduced with permission. The lower image has been colourised. [629] [Museum item number : 82.99I/2] [20180324]