| Name: | DREADFUL |
| Launched: | 22/12/1911 |
| Completed: | 03/1912 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 621 |
| Dimensions: | 253grt, 92nrt, 118.5 x 25.2 x 13.8ft; (1920: 286grt, 0nrt) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (15, 23.5 & 38 x 30ins), 74rhp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 131148 |
| History: | |
| 02/08/1912 | Canadian Tugboat Co Ltd; registered at Vancouver |
| 1917 | Canadian Western Lumber Co Ltd, Fraser Mills, British Columbia |
| 05/1918 | Sold to The Admiralty |
| 1920 | William Watkins Ltd; registered at London; renamed RUMANIA |
| 1923 | Pacific Tug & Barge Co; renamed PACIFIC MONARCH |
| 1924 | Registered at Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1926 | Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co Ltd |
| 1952 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built as a subcontract from J Pollock & Sons & Co Ltd, Naval Architects, London |
| Pollock's contract number 436 | |
| Built with accommodation for a small number of passengers | |
| 09/05/1917 to 09/05/1918: Hired to The Admiralty, allocated pennant W21 | |
| 1920: Transferred to Watkins as a replacement for OCEANA, lost in 1918 | |
| 1923: Cost £10,500 |
Above photo as DREADFUL is copyright of Anne Salmon
Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Martin Botting
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday,09/05/1912