| Name: | DAFFODIL |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 20/04/1906 |
| Completed: | 07/1906 |
| Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 101 |
| Dimensions: | 475grt, 134nrt, 152.1 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: | 123974 |
| History: | |
| 05/1906 | Wallasey Urban District Council, Liverpool |
| 1911 | The Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Wallasey |
| 1918 | Renamed ROYAL DAFFODIL |
| 1934 | New Medway Steam Packet Co Ltd, Rochester |
| 04/1938 | 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 | |
| 23/04/1918: Took part in the Zeebrugge raid | |
| 1918: Returned to owners | |
| 1918: Renamed on command of King George V | |
| 04/1938: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Freres |
Above photo as DAFFODIL 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 as DAFFODIL is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ROYAL DAFFODIL is copyright of Simplon Post Card
Jarrow Express, Friday, 27/04/1906