| Name: | KING EDWARD VII |
| Launched: | 07/05/1901 |
| Completed: | 06/1901 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 209 |
| Dimensions: | 138grt, 13nrt, 100.0 x 19.1 x 9.2ft; (1914: 138grt, 51nrt); (1920: 138grt, 13nrt) |
| Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (25 x 45ins), 50rhp, 260ihp, 10.0knots |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 111083 |
| History: | |
| 28/06/1901 | Nicholson Towage Co Ltd; registered at Great Yarmouth |
| 24/10/1919 | James Irwing et al, Sunderland |
| 05/10/1920 | Registered at Sunderland |
| 24/08/1926 | Irwing Steam Tug Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| 12/07/1935 | Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 10/1950 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Designed as a passenger steamer and tug |
| 1915: Requisitioned by War Office for examination service at Harwich | |
| Later used as a troop tender | |
| 07/1918: Transferred to Weymouth as a troop tender | |
| 12/10/1918: Requisitioned by Admiralty for US Government service | |
| 07/02/1919: On "Imperial service" | |
| 23/08/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 07/1935: Cost £425 | |
| 10/1950: Sold to British Iron & Steel Corp for breaking up. Cost £275 | |
| 30/11/1950: Allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd for breaking up at Dunston on Tyne | |
| 16/11/1951: British registry closed as "broken up" |
Above photo at Great Yarmouth is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo at Great Yarmouth is courtesy of Ted Ingham
Above photo is copyright of the United States Navy and relates to US service 1918-19. Courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is copyright of the United States Navy and relates to US service 1918-19. Courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo in Irwing colours is courtsey of Eddie Frost
Above photo in Irwing colours is courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo on the Tyne in Ridley colours is courtesy of Eddie Frost
Lowestoft Journal, Saturday, 13/07/1901