| Name: | IRIS |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 24/03/1906 |
| Completed: | 05/1906 |
| Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 100 |
| Dimensions: | 475grt, 134nrt, 152.0 x 40.6 x 11.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (16, 24 & 41 x 21ins), 217nhp |
| Engines by: | D Rollo & Sons, Liverpool |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 123971 |
| History: | |
| 31/05/1906 | Wallasey Urban District Council, Liverpool |
| 1911 | The Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Wallasey |
| 1918 | Renamed ROYAL IRIS |
| 1932 | Palmer & Wallace Co (S Palmer), Dublin |
| 1933 | S, R and RF Palmer, Dublin |
| 1947 | Cork Harbour Commissioners, Cork; renamed BLARNEY |
| 12/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Designed to carry over 1700 x passengers as a Mersey ferry |
| The engines were installed at Liverpool | |
| 1918: Requisitioned by the Admiralty; named IRIS II | |
| 23/04/1918: Took part in the Zeebrugge raid | |
| 1918: Returned to owners | |
| 1918: Renamed on command of King George V | |
| 12/1961: Broken up at Passage West by Haulbowline Industries Ltd |
Above photo as IRIS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing IRIS II & DAFFODIL is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo showing IRIS II & DAFFODIL is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo shows IRIS II returning to the Mersey. Photo copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as ROYAL IRIS is copyright of the National Maritime Museum
Above photo as BLARNEY is courtesy of Richard Cox
Jarrow Express, Friday, 30/03/1906