SS Mona's Queen (1852)

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SS Mona's Queen (1852)

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History
Mona's Queen.

Name	Mona's Queen
Owner	1853–1880: IOMSPCo
Operator	1853–1880: IOMSPCo
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man
Builder	J. and G. Thomson of Clydebank^[1]
Cost	No official record, thought to be in the region of £14,000.
Yard number	6^[1]
Laid down	1852
Launched	27 November 1852
Completed	1853
In service	February 1853
Out of service	1880
Identification	Official Number 21930 Code Letters N J H W
Fate	Scrapped 1880
General characteristics
Tonnage	600 GRT
Length	Initially 170 ft 0 in (51.8 m) lengthened to 186 ft 0 in (56.7 m) following refit.
Beam	27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)
Depth	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	Side Lever Engine
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)

SS (RMS) Mona's Queen (I) No. 21930 – the first vessel in the Company's history to bear the name – was an iron paddle-steamer which was owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.

Construction and dimensions

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Mona's Queen was built and engined by J. & G. Thomson of Govan, Glasgow and launched in 1852. She had a registered tonnage of 600 tons; length 186'; beam 27' and depth 13'. Her speed is recorded as 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph), and her horsepower is not recorded.^[1]

Mona's Queen carried a figurehead of Queen Victoria, and was the first vessel to break away from the Company's long association with Robert Napier & Co. The vessel's cost is not recorded, but a reference in the Company's old minute book suggests it was under £14,000. In 1855 she was lengthened (details not recorded) at a cost of £2,111.

Service life

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Mona's Queen appears to have had a pretty uneventful career, with the exception of a collision with the steamer Sligo, which occurred in the River Mersey in January 1862. The official inquiry went against the Steam Packet Company who had to pay approximately £300 in damages and costs. The Captain was accordingly reduced from Second Class Master to Third, and his pay was cut from £275 to £250.

Disposal

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After ten years service the directors decided to sell the ship and offered it to Cunard, Wilson and Co. for £20,000.

The offer was declined, and negotiations started with a Whitehaven company for a sale at £14,000.

Midway through 1864 the directors admitted they could not sell the vessel. Mona's Queen therefore continued in the Company's service until she was broken up in 1880.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c J & G Thomson Ships.

Bibliography

Chappell, Connery (1980). Island Lifeline T.Stephenson & Sons Ltd ISBN 0-901314-20-X

v t e Isle of Man Steam Packet Company ships
Current fleet	Ben-my-Chree (1998) Manannan (1998) Manxman (2023)
Former vessels (1830-99)	Mona's Isle (1830) Mona (1832) Queen of the Isle (1834) King Orry (1842) Ben-my-Chree (1845) Tynwald (1846) Mona's Queen (1852) Douglas (1858) Ellan Vannin¹ (1860) Snaefell (1863) Douglas (1864) Tynwald (1866) King Orry (1871) Ben-my-Chree (1875) Snaefell (1876) Mona (1878) Fenella (1881) Mona's Isle (1882) Peveril (1884) Mona's Queen (1885) Prince of Wales (1887) Queen Victoria (1887) Douglas (1889) Mona (1889) Tynwald (1891) Tyrconnel (1892) Peel Castle (1894) The Ramsey (1895) Empress Queen (1897) Rushen Castle (1898)
Former vessels (1900-98)	Menevia (1902) Manxman (1904) Ramsey Town (1904) Mona's Isle (1905) Viking (1905) Snaefell (1906) Mona (1907) Victoria (1907) Ben-my-Chree (1908) Cushag (1908) Manx Maid (1910) Snaefell (1910) King Orry (1913) Conister (1921) Ben-my-Chree (1927) Peveril (1929) Lady of Mann (1930) Mona's Queen (1934) Fenella (1936) Tynwald (1937) King Orry (1946) Mona's Queen (1946) Snaefell (1948) Tynwald (1947) Mona's Isle (1950) Fenella (1951) Manxman (1955) Manx Maid (1962) Peveril (1963) Ramsey (1964) Ben-my-Chree (1965) Mona's Isle (1966) Tynwald (1967) King Orry (1972) Mona's Queen (1972) Peveril (1971) Conister (1974) Manx Viking (1974) Stena Sailer² (1974) Lady of Mann (1976) European Mariner² (1978) Belard (1979) Merchant Brilliant² (1979) Stena Caledonia² (1981) River Lune² (1983) East Express² (1984) Phocine² (1985) Hoburgen² (1986) Hoverspeed Great Britain (1990) Emeraude France² (1990) Snaefell (1991) SeaCat Danmark (1992) SeaCat Scotland (1992) Rapide (1995) Diamant² (1996) Viking (1997) Helliar² (1997) Arrow² (1998) Express² (1998) SuperSeaCat Three (1998)
1 = New as Mona's Isle, 2 = Chartered

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1862
Shipwrecks	2 Jan: Northern Light 4 Jan: Santi-Pietri 9 Jan: USS Meteor, USS Potomac 20 Jan: USS Margaret Scott 23 Jan: Ocean Chief 24 Jan: USS Peri 25 Jan: USS New England, USS Stephen Young 26 Jan: USS India, USS Timor 7 Feb: CSS Curlew 8 Feb: CSS Sea Bird 10 Feb: CSS Appomattox, CSS Black Warrior, CSS Fanny, CSS Forrest 20 Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes 8 Mar: USS Congress, USS Cumberland 9 Mar: CSS George Page 10 Mar: USS Whitehall March (unknown date): Camilla (or Memphis) 4 Apr: CSS Red Rover 7 Apr: CSS Grampus 8 Apr: CSS New Orleans 14 Apr: Erebus 19 Apr: USS Maria J. Carlton 24 Apr: CSS General Lovell, CSS Governor Moore, CSS Manassas, CSS Stonewall Jackson, Sweepstakes, USS Varuna 25 Apr: CSS Mississippi, CSRC Pickens, Pioneer, Washington, CSS Pamlico 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana, CSS McRae April (unknown date): CSS Jackson, CSS Oregon, CSS Carondelet 10 May: USS Cincinnati, CSS Germantown, USS Mound City, CSS Fulton 11 May: CSS Virginia 15 May: CSS Jamestown May (unknown date): CSS United States 6 Jun: CSS Colonel Lovell, CSS General Beauregard, CSS General Bragg, CSS General M. Jeff Thompson, CSS General Sterling Price, CSS General Sumter, CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner, USS Sidney C. Jones 21 Jul: USS Sallie Wood 24 Jul: Lord of the Isles 6 Aug: CSS Arkansas 14-15 Aug: USS Sumter 23 Aug: USS Adirondack 24 Aug: USS Henry Andrew, USS Isaac N. Seymour 10 Sep: USS Tigress 2 Oct: Iona 15 Oct: G. L. Brockenborough 25 Nov: USS Ellis November (unknown date): USS Mingo 12 Dec: USS Cairo 31 Dec: USS Monitor Unknown date: USS Noble
Other incidents	11 Jan: HMS St Vincent January (unknown date): Mona's Queen 22 Feb: HMS Defence February: USS Vermont 8 Mar: USS Minnesota 8 May: USS Galena 13 May: Planter 23 Jun: Memphis 7 Aug: USS Oneida 17 Aug: Great Eastern 15 Nov: Admiral Moorsom 22 Nov: USS Bainbridge Unknown date: Young America
1861 1863

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