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PS Erin's Isle


Built in 1912 by A & J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow (yard no 300)
Dimensions : 225 ft x 29 ft
Engines : Compound diagonal  (31 and 56 inches x 66 inches stroke)
630 Gross Registered Tons
Launched on 12th June 1912
Operated sailings on Belfast Lough between Belfast and Bangor
After the 1915 season she was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
In late November 1915 she became HMS Erin's Isle
Lost in on February 17th, 1919 after hitting a mine in the Thames estuary with the loss of 23 lives

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