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Name: MONKSHAVEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1882
Completed: 07/1882
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 183
Dimensions: 1415grt, 870nrt, 249.0 x 36.1 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 54 x 36ins), 135nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86632
History:
07/1882 Robert Harrowing, 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 broke moorings and stranded on Angus Island.


Above photo copyright of the William MacDonald Collection

Above photo copyright of the William MacDonald Collection