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Our Lady Patricia,Our Lady Pamela.

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#1 ·
Hi,can any one help me with the following request ?.I am looking for Photograph"s of Lady Patricia/Lady Pamela being built by International Catamarans,Hobart Tasmania.I am looking for photograph"s of both cats arriving at Portsmouth for the very first time,also Lady Pamela arriving at Yarmouth I O W at the end of her delivery journey.Looking for Photos of Lady Patricia in her first year of service when she had a more open stern/transom,and being broken up at Southampton.Many Thanks & Kind Regards,FASTCATS.
 
#5 ·
Ladies Patricia and Pamela.

G'day
I was the bloke that loaded the first of the pair in Hobart, it was the day before the Challenger blew up shortly after lift off.

It was something of a challenge in itself as we loaded her onboard the M.V. Corato, a standard bulk carrier.

I had visited Bob Cliffords yard in Hobart and worked out how it could be done with the gear available in Hobart at the time, Specifically a mobile crane that could do the job a AND remain vertical at the outreach required.
To my horror when first visiting the ship in Port Pirie, her first load port, I found grain feeder hatches the full lenght of the foredeck.
%&^%$#@#$.

Anyway Furness with Chartering in London arranged for a photo to be taken when the Corato reached the channel on her way to Antwerp where the cat was discharged and then steamed to Portsmouth.

They may still have a photo otherwise I can TRY and scan that photo (I have a print) and then try and post it. However that is something I have no idea on how to do so will need some help on posting photo's.

Regards
 
#6 ·
Contact "Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries" They might well have archived photo's of the two of them. Whether they'll let you have copies is another matter.
Wightlink, Gunwharf Rd, Portsmouth. will find them.
 
#10 ·
Hi,thanks to every one for all your replys on my request for info on Pat/Pam.I have been in touch with INCAT regarding photos,they tell me that all information on these ships have been disposed of around 19 years ago.I had plans of these cats sent over to me(Robert clifford)back in 1988,Wightlink also passed on to me various information when they sold Pamela.Most of the photograths that appeared in the local press are of bow shots.I think it is shame when all to often when a ship/class of ship is disposed of, the plans/do***entation is not kept as a reference.I am a solent ferry enthusiast and i am always on the lookout for plans/drawings/do***entation on IOW & Gosport ferries,Kind regards,keith,(fastcats).
 
#12 ·
FastCats Patricia,Pamela.

Hi Ben,many thanks for that lead,will send email to them & see what they come up with.We have met in the past,many years back when the M V Southsea Society was up & running,you had your hands full drumming up support for the car ferry Lymington(well i hope i am right in saying that,LOL).Seen your videos/photograths on the C class,also C class/Pamela being broken up.Wightlink passed on to me info on INCATS,& C class.As i have said before,all to often when a ship,or class of ship is sold for scrap,all plans/do***entation is just thrown away.I have in my collection a plan/drawing of what the Saint class car ferry was to have originaly looked like,but i have not seen this drawing anywere else.Maybe meet up sometime for a solent ferry chat ?.kind regards,Keith,(FastCats)
 
#15 ·
Fastcats

Hi Keith,

I used to drive both the Pamela and Patricia. The Patricia never really 'got up and went' so effortessly as the Pamela did. We used to get almost 34 knots on a good day. A bit different from the 3rd generation cats of today.
I have a few pictues from Husbands both internally and externally but nothing from the build apart from the pictures in Jocelyn Fogagnolo's 'Twin Deliveries' booklet which I guess you have.
Regards
Peter
 
#16 ·
Patricia/pamela.

Hi Peter,thanks for getting back to me regarding the cats PAT/PAM.

I have no photos of the cats on the slipway at HUSBANDS,any chance you could put them on here ?.

I am a big fan of these two former vessels,i have a lot of information on them(loads of builders plans/photos/R/C model of PAT)

They are much missed,along with the SOUTHSEA,the solent scene just not the same anymore.

Peter,please get in touch if you can tell me anything about these cats,i am looking for any info that i may not have on these ships.

Kind regards,keith(FastCats)
 
#19 ·
I well remember another 'Lady Patricia'. Owned by Arthur Guinness and Sons..
Used to sail from Custom House Quay in Dublin to Manchester with a cargo of the black stuff in the 1950's. Rare oul times indeed! All their ships were named after female members of the Guinness family. I believe that the service was discontinued when the Park Lane Brewery in London expanded, and was able to cater for the needs of the UK.