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Name: MONKSHAVEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/07/1882
Completed: 07/1882
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 183
Dimensions: 1507grt, 963nrt, 249.0 x 36.1 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 54 x 36ins), 130nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86632
History:
01/08/1882 Robert Harrowing & Co, Whitby
1898 Donald & Taylor, Glasgow
1900 Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway Company (FH Clergue),
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
18/10/1906 Wrecked
Comments: 27/11/1905: Stranded on Pie Island in Lake Superior, refloated 08/1906
18/10/1906: Wrecked after moorings broke and stranded on Angus Island


Above photo is copyright of the William MacDonald Collection

Above photo is copyright of the William MacDonald Collection

Yorkshire Gazette, Saturday, 08/07/1882