Picture taken in 2006 in the wet dock at Penzance.
Crew Saved - Girl Patricia
Afternoon of 29th May 2008, the Girl Patricia PZ57, in good seas, and in fine weather,
started sinking near the Isles of Scilly; a message was sent out and help arrived just in time,
as the ship sank within two minutes of rescue arriving;
all four crew members are safe and affected by the cold water.
After trawling through the Shipping Registers 1969-1990 and the DEFRA records from 1996,
I discover that an error has arisen with a confusion over the names Girl Pat III PZ 87 and Girl Patricia PZ 57.
The information in FVBI 2006, is therefore incorrect.
In 2005 PZ87 was allocated to the KATIE CLAIRE,
and PZ57 continued to be the same vessel with the same RSS number of A21576.
That number remains with a ship, wherever she is, whatever her name or registration.
Girl Pat III was RSS Nr A21593, and she was a larger vessel and with a steel hull, built in 1978 Merseyside by McTay Marine.
Girl Patricia
Official Number 308766
Gross tonnage 47.65, Registered Tonnage 19.1.
Registered Nr 3 Penzance; PZ 57; 22nd July 1969.
Owner Thomas Sidney Thomas (fisherman) of 5 Belle Vue, Newlyn
29th March 1978 she was sold jointly to Donald Wilfred Turtle of Rosudgeon and Leonard Michael Williams of Bowjey Terrace.
13th August 1985 she was sold entirely to Leonard Michael Williams.
She was built as Girl Pat; renamed Girl Patricia 12th July 1978.
Built 1969 at Porthleven by Porthleven Shipyard Limited. A wooden motorship with single screw.
One Deck, One mast, not rigged, Raking stem, Transom stern, carvel Built; four bulkheads.
Length 56 feet 5.5 tenths
Breadth over outside plank 18 feet and 2 tenths.
Depth in Hold amidships 8 feet and 7.5 tenths
Round of Beam 4.5 tenths of a foot.
Length of Engine Room 12 feet and 9 tenths.
Engine .. One internal combustion 4 stroke single acting, of 1968, by The Bergius-Kelvin Co Ltd, Glasgow.
Eight cylinders, 6.5 inches diameter, stroke 7.25 inches.
16.9 NHP; 240 BHP; 10 knots.
