| Name: | MONARCH |
| Launched: | 1871 |
| Completed: | 10/1871 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 17 |
| Dimensions: | 99grt, 25nrt, 92.8 x 18.1 x 9.1ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (24.5 x 54ins), 50nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65832 |
| History: | |
| 18/10/1871 | Thomas and Stephen Oates; registered at Grimsby |
| 07/1880 | Martha Nicholson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
| 1883 | John R Lawson, South Shields |
| 1895 | Lawson Steam Tug-Boat Co Ltd, South Shields |
| 1899 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 08/06/1877: Ran aground near Blyth, Northumberland |
| 09/06/1877: Refloated and taken into the Tyne | |
| 19/09/1888: Grounded in thick fog opposite the fish pier in South Shields | |
| 30/08/1898: Sank at Whitehall Point near North Shields after eight 10ton rail trucks laden | |
| with coal broke adrift, crashed through the barriers on the staithes and landed on the | |
| deck of the collier LANCHESTER which was loading below | |
| MONARCH was lying alongside & some trucks landed on her & broke her in two | |
| Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news items |