1893 - "Cardiff and Penarth Steam Ferry Company. - On Saturday morning last, the new steamer Kate, built by Messrs. Bow and M'Lachlan, Paisley, for the Cardiff and Penarth Steam Ferry Company, arrived at Cardiff and was moored in the West Dock. She is the same size as the Iona, belonging to the same company, but will provide very superior accommodation for passengers; deck salons having been constructed both for and aft allows a very much larger promenade deck than that which the other boats of the company possess." Barry Dock News [140] 22nd September 1893.

1893 - "Why does the captain of the Kate steer such a circuitous route?" said a clever young artillery officer to the skipper of the ferry-boat Iona, running between Penarth and Cardiff - "The Kate was not built to run over land," was the dry reply." Western Mail [164] 28th September 1893.