TS King George V (the "KGV") was a pioneering Clyde passenger turbine steamer, built in 1926.

[2] King George V was novel in design, providing spacious accommodation with an enclosed promenade deck, the saloon extending the full width of the hull and half the length of the vessel.

In 1940, she evacuated troops from Rotterdam, Ostend, Calais, Boulogne and famously, Dunkirk, landing 4300 men at Dover.

[2] Returning to the Clyde in 1941 for tendering duties, she carried Prime Minister, Winston Churchill to his battleship en route to the Atlantic Conference.

[4] After the war, she resumed MacBrayne cruises on the Clyde in 1946, including the summer Ardrishaig mail service.