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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