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~SHIPS~DORSET~ Images of the Month for September 2024 ~ 1of2 ~ ~ Patricia - in Poole Bay - August 2024
Trinity House’s Multi Functional Tender Patricia undertakes maintenance work on aids to navigation, towing, wreck location and other projects around the coast of England, Wales and the Channel Islands. When Patricia was spotted in Poole Bay by Ships Dorset contributor Don Williams in the first week of August she was displaying “restricted manoeuvrability” daytime signal and her working deck was loaded with navigational buoys. At 86m long, THV Patricia has accommodation for 12 additional people over and above the operational crew (but ceased taking passengers when Covid struck). She has a helicopter-landing pad, a 20 tonne capacity main crane and 28 tonne bollard pull with towing winch.
~SHIPS~DORSET~ Images of the Month for September 2024 ~ 2of2 ~ ~ Patricia - in Poole Bay - August 2024
Patricia was built at the Robb Caledon Shipyard, Leith in 1981 as Yard No 530 and entered service with the Trinity House lighthouse tender fleet in 1982. The vessel is equipped with two 9m heavy duty workboats and a 5.4m RIB … has a 80 sq. m Deck Area with storage, workshops and load handling in the tween deck & hold … and accommodation in 34 Single Cabins and 6 Double Cabins for crew & guests. After her visit to Poole Bay, Patricia called at Southampton before sailing to undertake her next assignment at Harwich.
Key Dimensions for Patricia … Gross Tonnage = 2,640 … Length = 86m … Beam = 14m … Powered by 2x 1,120Kw Ruston engines … 650Kw bow thruster ... Service Speed 12 knots … Bunker and Freshwater capacity to provide 20 days endurance … in service 1982.
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