| Name: | ERIN |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/06/1864 |
| Completed: | 07/1864 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 143 |
| Dimensions: | 3319grt, 2766nrt, 370.4 x 41.1 x 28.1ft; (1877: 4577grt, 2910nrt, 418.8 x 41.2 x 35.3ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl (63 & 63 x 42ins), 350hp; (1873: C2cyl (55 & 90 x 48ins), 420hp) |
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1873: J Penn & Sons, London) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, also rigged as a Barque |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 50274 |
| History: | |
| 25/07/1864 | National Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 31/12/1889 | Missing |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 70 x 1st Class & 1000 x Steerage Class passengers |
| 1877: Lengthened to 418.8ft then 45577grt | |
| 28/12/1889: Sailed from New York for London | |
| Without passengers & carrying general cargo plus coal | |
| 31/12/1889: Spoke to CANADA and subsequently reported missing |
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Newcastle Courant, Friday, 24/06/1864