MONARCH
BUILT IN 1844 ? FOR BLACKWALLS SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1415 TONS SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON. SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN F W BANNER.
SHE WAS OWNED BY WALTER SAVILL AND WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO IN 1866.
SHE WAS THE SECOND VESSEL BOUGHT BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO, THE FIRST HAVING BEEN THE COSSIPORE, UP UNTIL NOW ALL OF THE COMPANIES VESSELS HAD BEEN ONE'S CHARTERED FROM OTHER COMPANIES.
SHE DID HER FIRST VOYAGE FOR THEM FROM LONDON TO AUCKLAND, TAKING 151 DAYS TO ARRIVE. SHE HAD PUT INTO RIO DE JANEIRO WITH A LEAK IN HER HULL. SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH HER CREW, WITH SOME OF THEM REFUSING TO CARRY OUT THEIR ORDERS. ALL IN ALL A PROBLEMATIC VOYAGE.
HER SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE COMPANY WAS IN 1870 ( I AM UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT SHE WAS EMPLOYED ON BETWEEN 1866 AND 1870 ) WHEN SHE CARRIED EMIGRANTS FROM THE U.K TO LYLLETON. HER MASTER AT THIS TIME WAS CAPT. I PADDLE ( WHO HAD ALSO BEEN THE MASTER OF THE STRATHHALLEN )
SHE WAS SOLD TO R MORRIS OF BRISTOL IN 1873 AND WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM BOMBAY TO RANGOON WAS LOST WITH ALL HANDS.