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SS Monarch (1885)
SS ''Monarch'' Official number, No. 90117 was a Tramp trade, tramp steamer which was operated by Alexander King Ltd, Belfast. She was involved in a collision with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company steamer SS Peveril (1884), RMS ''Peveril,'' off Douglas, Isle of Man in the early hours of 17 September 1899, resulting in the sinking of the ''Peveril.'' Construction and dimensions The ''Monarch'' was built by Mollwaine, Lewis & Co., Belfast in 1885, and was owned and operated by Alexander King Ltd, Belfast. Length 155'; beam 22'; depth 11'; with an i.h.p. of 600. ''Monarch'' had a design speed of approximately 10 knots. Collision with the RMS ''Peveril'' On the night of Saturday 16 September 1899, under the command of her Master mariner#, Master, Sea captain, Captain Alexander McCullough, the ''Monarch'' left Workington, Cumberland, with a cargo of 360 tons of flue-ash (a valuable ore-bearing material)Manx Sun. 23 Sep 1899 for the Villiers Spelter Company, Swansea. She ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a Belfast metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish people, Scottish Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican establishment contributed to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798, and to the Acts of Union 1800, union with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
