Engineering:TSS Irene (1885)

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General characteristics
Tonnage: 897 GRT[1]
Length: 301.2 ft (91.8 m)
Beam: 33.2 ft (10.1 m)
Draught: 13.5 ft (4.1 m)

TSS Irene was a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1885 to 1906.[2]

History

She was built by Harland and Wolff for the London and North Western Railway in 1885 and put on the Holyhead – Dublin route. She was one of a trio of ships built over 4 years for this route, all of a similar size. The other ships were the missing name and missing name.

On 12 September 1889, Irene collided with missing name 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Holyhead whilst of a voyage from Holyhead to Dublin. Both vessels were severely damaged. Irene assisted Banshee in to Holyhead.[3] She was disposed of in 1906.

References

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  2. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  3. "Collision in the Irish Channel". The Times (London) (32804): col F, p. 8. 14 September 1889.