HMS Erin's Isle

History
Name
  • PS Erin's Isle (1912–15);
  • HMS Erin's Isle (1915–19)
Namesake"Erin", Hiberno-English for Ireland
OwnerBelfast and County Down Railway
Operator
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom
  • United Kingdom
BuilderA&J Inglis, Glasgow[1]
Cost£24,000[1]
Yard number300[2]
Launched12 June 1912[2][3]
In service12 July 1912[1]
FateSunk by mine 7 February 1919[1]
General characteristics
Typepassenger ferry
Tonnage630 GRT[1] or 633 GRT[2]
Length225 ft (69 m)[1] or 225.3 ft (68.7 m)[2]
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)[1] or 29.2 ft (8.9 m)[2]
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)[1] or 8.7 ft (2.7 m)[2]
Propulsionside paddles powered by two two-cylinder compound diagonal steam engines[1]

HMS Erin's Isle was a United Kingdom passenger paddle steamer built by A&J Inglis for the Belfast and County Down Railway (B&CDR). She was launched in Glasgow in 1912 as PS Erin's Isle, and sailed regular services on Belfast Lough until 1915.

She was then requisitioned for the Royal Navy and became the minesweeper HMS Erin's Isle. On 7 February 1919 she was sunk by a mine off Nore.[4][1] with the loss of 23 lives.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Patterson 1982, p. 14.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "PS Erin's Isle". Clydebuilt database. Clydesite.co.uk. 2002–2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ McCutcheon 1980, p. 149.
  4. ^ Admiralty Estimates for 1919 Archived 10 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine accessed 25 October 2016
  5. ^ Hanlan 1919.