| Name: | KINGFISHER |
| Launched: | 19/01/1904 |
| Completed: | 03/1904 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 228 |
| Dimensions: | 186grt, 7nrt, 102.0 x 23.1 x 12.0ft; (1927: 189grt, 70nrt) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 27ins), 120nhp, 700ihp, 11kn |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 118084 |
| History: | |
| 21/03/1904 | Liverpool Steam Tug Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool |
| 22/03/1906 | The Admiralty; renamed DILIGENCE |
| 1914 | Renamed SECURITY |
| 08/02/1927 | Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd, (John Page, manager); registered at London |
| 05/1943 | Renamed STOKE |
| 1946 | Renamed SECURITY |
| 08/12/1946 | Sank |
| Comments: | 22/03/1906: Sale price £8200 |
| 30/08/1939: On Admiralty service (William Watkins, manager) | |
| 11/08/1944: Returned to owners | |
| 08/12/1946: Foundered off Anvil Point, Dorset while towing tanker KELLETIA | |
| On a voyage from Falmouth to the Tyne (with CONTEST and WATERCOCK) |
Above photo as SECURITY is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as SECURITY is courtesy of David Brown
Above photo as SECURITY is courtesy of Barney Hunt
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 25/03/1904