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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 was requisitioned for the Royal Navy and became the minesweeper HMS ''Erin's Isle''. On 7 February 1919 she was sunk by a mine off
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. with the loss of 23 lives.


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The B&CDR had owned and run steamships since 1893, mainly between Belfast and Bangor but also to other destinations in
County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
and County Antrim. At the end of the 1911 summer season the railway planned to sell , which dated from 1894, and replace her with a new, larger and more modern ship. The company ordered ''Erin's Isle'' from A&J Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow, who launched her on 12 June 1912 and fitted her out in less than a month. The B&CDR named her after " Erin", the
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version of the Irish ''Éirinn'', meaning Ireland. ''Erin's Isle'' entered B&CDR service on 12 July 1912. She worked seasonally from mid-May to the end of September each year, making regular scheduled runs between Belfast and Bangor and between Bangor and Larne, plus excursions from Bangor to other destinations. She ended her fourth summer season on 29 September 1915.


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