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