Mona's Isle outbound in the Mersey, passing New Brighton
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History | |
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Name | Mona's Isle |
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Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Route | Douglas - Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin, Fleetwood, Ardrossan. |
Builder | Caird & Co. Greenock |
Cost | £58,700 |
Laid down | 1882 |
Launched | 16 May 1882 |
In service | 1882 |
Out of service | 1915 |
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Fate | Broken up by Thos. W. Ward at Morecambe, September 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Paddle Steamer |
Tonnage | 1,564 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 330 ft 7 in (100.8 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 1 in (11.6 m) |
Depth | 15 ft 1 in (4.6 m) |
Installed power | 4,500 shp (3,400 kW) |
Propulsion | Two oscillating steam engines working at 90 pounds per square inch (620 kPa) developing 4,500 shp (3,400 kW) |
Speed | 18 knots (21 mph) |
Capacity | 1,561 passengers. |
Crew | 56 |
SS (RMS) Mona's Isle (III), No. 76304, the third ship in the company's history to be so named, was a paddle steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company until she was purchased by The Admiralty in 1915.