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: | |
03/1906 | King Line Ltd (Philipps, Philipps & Co Ltd), London |
1923 | Managers 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 |
Above photo as KING EDWARD is courtesy of Clive Ketley