| Name: | KING COAL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/04/1871 |
| Completed: | 09/1871 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 49 |
| Dimensions: | 762grt, 563nrt, 209.0 x 28.0 x 14.4ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1878: CI2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90nhp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 62391 |
| History: | |
| 09/1871 | Edward Eccles & Co, North Shields |
| 1876 | Edward Eccles, North Shields |
| 05/08/1882 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1878: Engine compounded by R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| 05/08/1882: Wrecked on Vogelsand, Elbe mouth | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Hamburg with a cargo of coal |