| Name: | KING EDWARD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/01/1906 |
| Completed: | 03/1906 |
| Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 95 |
| Dimensions: | 4357grt, 2745nrt, 355.4 x 50.1 x 27.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42.5 & 69.5 x 45ins), 358nhp |
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 120671 |
| History: | |
| 02/03/1906 | King Line Ltd (Philipps, Philipps & Co Ltd), London |
| 1923 | Managers became Dodd, Thompson & Co Ltd, London |
| 1924 | Redcroft Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Lewis, Lougher & Co Ltd), Cardiff |
| 1924 | Renamed MARCHIONESS OF BUTE |
| 1932 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 24/11/1932: Sailed from Venice to be broken up at Pola by Ardito SA |
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Above photo as KING EDWARD is courtesy of Clive Ketley