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TS Agapitos I ex St Patrick (III), Thermophylae | | | |  | | | |
Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw turbine ship, built by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead (Yard No 1183) for Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Co, in 1947 as a passenger and mail vessel. Launched May 20th, 1947. | | | |
| | | |  Technical Data
| | | | | | | | | Length |
97.96m (321.4 ft) (overall) | | | | Breadth of Hull |
15.40m (50.5 ft) (extreme) | | | | Draught |
4.05m (13.3 ft) (maximum) | | | |
Tonnage |
3,482 gross (1948), 3,460 (1961), 3,147 (1972), 1,402 net (1948), 1,318 (1961), 1,21 (1972), 459 deadweight (1972) | | | |
Engines |
4 Parsons steam
turbines, single reduction gearing, in two independent sets driving one
screw | | | | Power |
8500 bhp | | | | Speed |
19 knots | | | | Capacity |
1,200 passengers, 28 cars | | | | Call Sign |
N/A | | | | MMSI Number |
N/A | | | |
Official Number |
181830 | | | | Registry |
N/A | | | | | | | |
| | | |  History
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May 20th 1947: Launched.
January 23rd 1948: Sea trials.
January 23rd 1948: Delivered to Fishguard & Roslare Railway & Harbour Co, London, England.
January 27th 1948: Vessel was displayed in Cardiff.
February 4th 1948: Commenced service between Weymouth - Channel Islands.
October 1948 - 1963: Laid up in Fishguard during the winter months.
January 1st 1950: Registered to British Railways, Midland Region, London, but this did not stop the vessel moving round to Weymouth each summer.
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September 17th 1950: During heavy storms ran aground in St Helier. Repaired later at Penarth.
September 14th 1953: Had a two-week spell on the Southampton - Le Havre route, covering for the NORMANNIA.
December 17th 1959: Sold to British Transport Commission, Southern Region, England, and following her refit early in 1960, she returned to service on February 27th, in full British Railways livery with a yellow funnel.
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1960 - 1961: Rebuilt and modernized at Mountstuart DD Co., Cardiff, England.
January 1st 1963: British Railways Board succeeded British Transport Commission.
October 10th 1963: Completed her service between Weymouth - Channel Islands.
October 10th 1963: Commenced service between Southampton - Le Havre.
1963 - 1964: Vessels painted in the new livery of British Railways, (blue hull and red funnels) and the “Double - Arrow”
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April 17th 1964: After winter lay up left Cardiff for Weymouth.
April 21st 1964: Commenced service between Weymouth - Channel Island sometimes Southampton - Le Havre.
  Roy Thornton Collection (left) and © Andy Gilbert (right)
May 10th 1964: Service between Southampton - Le Havre closed, thereafter operating between Southampton - St Malo
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September 27th 1964: Final day operating between Southampton - St Malo then left for Smith's Dock Co., South Shields for conversion to car and passenger ferry.
December 15th 1964: Redelivered from builders yard.
December 19th 1964: Commenced service between Dover - Calais.
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May 29th 1965: Commenced service between Folkestone - Boulogne.
   Roy Thornton Collection (left and middle) and © Ted Ingham (right)
February 27th 1967: Rebuilt at Humber Graving Dock & Engineering Co., Immingham, England.
August 23rd 1967: For a short while operated between Weymouth - Channel Islands.
May 8th 1970 - May 11th 1970: Operated between Guernsey - Jersey - St Malo.
April 30th 1971 - May 8th 1971: Operated between Guernsey - Jersey - St Malo.
September 25th 1971: Final day in service between Folkestone - Boulogne.
September 29th 1971: Laid up in Newhaven.
March 9th 1972: Sold to Gerasimos S. Fetouris, Piraeus, Greece. Renamed THERMOPHYLAE and left Newhaven for Piraeus.
March 28th 1972: Arrived in Piraeus.
1973: Sold to Agapitos Bros., Piraeus, Greece. Renamed AGAPITOS I.
 © A Scrimali, Roy Thornton Collection
1973: Operated between Piraeus - Cyclades Islands - Tinos - Mykonos.
1976: Laid up. 1980: Broken up in Perama, Greece.
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| | | | All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions found. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking:
Andy Gilbert and Ted Ingham for their assistance in compiling this feature. | | | |
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