MV The Lady Patricia

MV The Lady Patricia was a vessel in the Guinness shipping fleet.

History

The Lady Patricia was built by Charles Hill & Sons of Bristol as a replacement for The Guinness.[1][2] She was launched in November 1962 by Lady Patrica Lennox-Boyd Guinness, wife of former British Cabinet Minister Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh.[1]

In 1973 she was converted into a tanker.[2]

In April 1993 she sailed out of Dublin port for the last time, to the Manchester Ship Canal, where she was sold.[2] In April 1993 she was scrapped.[3]

Filming

In Far and Away she was used as the emigrant ship and in Hear My Song she was used as the mailboat.[3]

References
  1. "Guinness Ship The Lady Patricia". RTÉ Archive. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Archive Fact Sheet: Guinness Ships" (PDF). Guinness Storehouse. Guinness. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. Bourke, Edward. "The Guinness Fleets - The Guinness Fleets of Boats, ships and yachts". Online Journal of Irish Maritime History. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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