PS Mona
1832 Built by John Wood and Co. Engines by Robert Napier and Sons. 98 feet. 150 tons.
Owned by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co
‘Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers’ by George Frank Burtt
To relieve the MONA’S ISLE, the Company ordered another boat from the same makers, which, although smaller, was faster.
This vessel, called the MONA, arrived at Douglas in July, 1832, but prior to running on the Liverpool-Douglas route in October, she ran to Whitehaven and in trips round the Island.
She did the trip between Liverpool and Douglas in about seven and a half hours and on one occasion made the run from Douglas to Whitehaven in four hours thirty-five minutes.
The MONA was 98 feet between perpendiculars, built of wood, and had a beam of 17 feet, depth 9 feet 6 inches, 150 gross tonnage, nominal horse-power 70 and a speed of 9 knots. She was disposed of in 1841 to a firm in Liverpool, who sold her to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co.
Subsequently, after running for a ordinary service, she was rebuilt as a tug Dublin Bay, where she ended her days.
The MONA was a straight stemmed boat and had one funnel aft of the engines.
See Also
Sources of Information
- 'British Paddle Steamers’ by George Body