PS Ireland
{{short description|Paddle wheel steamship of the White Star Line}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=File:America and Ireland.jpg | Ship caption=The tenders Ireland (left) and America (right) at Queenstown {{circa|1912}} }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=PS Ireland | Ship owner=White Star Line | Ship operator=White Star Line | Ship registry=Queenstown, Ireland | Ship route= | Ship ordered=1891 | Ship builder=JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields{{cite book | title = The Coming of the Comet: The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer | last = Robins | first = Nick | isbn = 9781848321342 | publisher = Seaforth Publishing | date = 2012 | page = 139 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=J0SuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 }} | Ship original cost= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=1891 | Ship out of service=1928 | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Broken up in April 1928 | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement= | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship sail plan= | Ship power=Side-lever steam engine | Ship propulsion=Paddle | Ship speed= | Ship capacity= | Ship crew= | Ship notes= }} |
PS Ireland was a paddle-wheel steamship of the White Star Line, built in 1891. Together with her sister ship {{PS|America}}, she tendered the various White Star Liners which came through the port of Queenstown, Ireland (now Cobh).
Like her sister ship, Ireland is best known for her assistance of the {{RMS|Titanic}}, the ill-fated ocean liner who made her final port of call at Queenstown on her maiden voyage. Ireland brought Irish immigrants to the Titanic, followed by America, who brought 123 passengers. On 19 April 1912, following the sinking of the Titanic, Ireland and America's White Star Line flags were flown at half-mast.
During World War I in 1918, she was used as a mine sweeper.
Ireland was scrapped in April 1928.{{cite web|url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/ireland1891.html|title=Tyne tug Ireland 1891|website=tynetugs.co.uk | accessdate = 24 June 2022 }}
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