Name: | CELTIC MONARCH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/02/1879 |
Completed: | 14/04/1879 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 114 |
Dimensions: | 2014grt, 1308nrt, 2285dwt, 290.6 x 35.0 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 62 x 48ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | J Shaw & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.1knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 79692 |
History: | |
14/04/1879 | Royal Exchange Steamship Co Ltd, London |
14/01/1887 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £29000; Loss £1-3s-3d |
14/01/1887: When on passage from Cardiff to New York with steel blooms, the rudder & rudder post were carried away in a storm. She was abandoned 150 miles west of Fasnet |