| Name: | IRENE |
| Type: | Buoy / Lighthouse Tender |
| Launched: | 25/03/1890 |
| Completed: | 08/1890 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 639 |
| Dimensions: | 543grt, 160nrt, 224.0 x 27.1 x 13.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (22, 33 & 50 x 24ins), 245nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 98150 |
| History: | |
| 23/08/1890 | Corporation of the Trinity House, London |
| 09/11/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/11/1915: Sank after being mined 1.5 miles ESE of the Tongue Light Vessel |
| On a voyage from Harwich to London. Mine laid by U-Boat UC1 on 20/10/1915 |
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Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 26/03/1890