Mona's Isle (1860)

Later names
1883
Ellan Vannin

Builder:
Tod & McGregor
Glasgow, Scotland
Keel Laid:
N/A
Launched:
April 10, 1860
Year Built:
1860
Completed:
N/A
Fate:
Sunk Dec. 3, 1909 in a storm.
Wreck later blown up because it was a navigational hazard.

Location: Mersey Bar, 13 miles northwest of Liverpool, England.
(53.32N - 03.16W)

No survivors, all 14 passengers and 21 crew killed.


Owners:
Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Douglas, Isle of Man


Dimensions and machinery

Length:
226' 4"
Engines:
reciprocating
Beam:
22' 2"
Hull:
Iron
Across wheels:
N/A
HP:
600
Wheel Diameter:
N/A
Speed:
12.5 knots (b)
Draft:
10' 7" (depth of hull)
Funnels:
1
Tons:
339 GRT (a)
Masts:
2
Crew:
14
Passengers:
300
Builders notes:
(a): 375 tons after 1883 rebuild.
(b): Speed after 1883 rebuild.


Captains
From
To
Name
Dec. 3, 1909
James Teare (at time of loss)


Notes

1883:
Rebuilt as twin screw steamer and renamed Ellan Vannin.


Builder's Data
Page published Apr. 13, 2007