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Name: MONARCH
Launched: 1833
Completed: 04/09/1833
Builder: Edward Robson, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 26tonsb, 64.8 x 13.9 x 7.3ft: (1834: 88grt, 34nrt, 64.1 x 13.9 x 7.0ft)
Engines: None; (1834: SL1cyl, 20nhp)
Engines by: n/a: (1834: HS Waite, North Shields)
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner; (1834: Paddle)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a; (1843: 15862)
History:
23/09/1833 Benjamin Thompson & Robert Stoker, Yarmouth; registered at Yarmouth
17/10/1834 JR Watkins, T Chandler & R Stoker; registered at London
06/01/1835 JR Watkins & R Stoker, London
10/01/1835 JR Watkins & R Stoker & WL Ogilby, London
06/01/1836 John Rogers Watkins & William L Ogilby, London
07/12/1837 John Rogers Watkins, London
25/09/1840 William Watkins, London
12/10/1841 John R Watkins, London
11/11/1843 William Watkins, London
1876 Broken up
Comments: Built as a sailing vessel without an engine
1834: Converted from sail to steam power
1845: Reboilered
1856: Machinery refurbished
1861: Reboilered
20/12/1878: Register closed as "Broken up"
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details


Above painting by David Cobb