Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 104196
Yard Number: 122
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 129.59
Net Tonnage: 46.93
Length: 93.6 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

12.2.1895: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.122) for The Anchor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as MONARCH.
13.3.1895: Registered at Grimsby (GY748).
13.3.1895: William Somerville Letten appointed manager.
14.3.1895: Completed.
15.3.1899: Sold to Stephen Williamson (64/64), Liverpool.
17.3.1899: Request to transfer registry to Aberdeen.
20.3.1899: Grimsby registry closed.
30.3.1899: Registered at Aberdeen (A35). Michael Doig appointed manager.
1906: Sold to Thomas Davidson (64/64), Aberdeen.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 53.96 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed MONARCH IV.
1919: Released and reverted to MONARCH (A35).
6.2.1929: Sold George Allan Breach (21/64), Louisa Breach (21/64) and William Hutchings (22/64), Lowestoft.
4.2.1929: Aberdeen registry closed.
6.2.1929: Registered at Lowestoft (LT14). William Hutchings designated managing owner.
1935: Fishing from Fleetwood. (Jack Breach Ltd managing agents).
12.12.1935: Sold to Louisa Breach (43/64) & George Allan Breach (21/64), Lowestoft. John Victor Breach appointed manager.
9.1938: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
8.10.1938: Lowestoft registry closed. “Vessel broken up … “

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S.T. Monarch LT14
Picture courtesy of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum

S.T. Monarch LT14
Transfer registration request.

Changelog
18/04/2016: Page published.
19/05/2016: Information updated.