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Name: MONARCH
Type: Cable Vessel
Launched: 18/05/1916
Completed: 08/1916
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 992
Dimensions: 1150grt, 476nrt, 222.7 x 32.3 x 19.1ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (17.5, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 146nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1916 The Postmaster General, London
16/04/1945 Sank
Comments: 16/04/1945: Torpedoed & sunk off Southwold by U-Boat U2324


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