| Name: | IRELAND |
| Launched: | 25/02/1891 |
| Year: | 1891 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 128 |
| Dimensions: | 245grt, 44nrt, 131.8 x 22.6 x 10.6ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (41 x 60ins); 98nhp, 425ihp |
| Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 98641 |
| History: | |
| 1891 | Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
| 1893 | Owners re-styled Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 04/1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | For use as a tug and tender |
| 20/03/1917: Hired by the Admiralty as minesweeper | |
| 1918: Used as a minelayer | |
| 27/04/1920: Returned to owners | |
| 04/1928: Sold for breaking up by J & L Vercammen, Burght, Belgium |
Above photo copyright of GE Langmuir
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above image copyright of South Shields Libraries