Name: | DANISH MONARCH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/06/1878 |
Completed: | 30/07/1878 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 109 |
Dimensions: | 1338grt, 867nrt, 250.8 x 33.2 x 18.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 56 x 36ins), 150hp |
Engines by: | J Shaw & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.8knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 79620 |
History: | |
30/07/1878 | J Patton Jr & Co, London |
1880 | Royal Exchange SS Co Ltd, London |
1888 | J Wood & Co, London |
1894 | Crosby, Magee & Co, London |
1895 | Akt Damp “Monarch” (H Svendsen, manager), Christiania; renamed MONARCH |
23/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £20750; Loss £477-7s-9d |
12/02/1883: Stranded on Morant Cays due to a navigational error. Refloated | |
23/05/1917: Struck a mine in the North Sea and sank |