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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