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} in ). | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched =18 April 1885 | Ship completed = 1885 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = 1885 | Ship out of service = 1929 | Ship identification = *Official Number 76308 *Code Letters K F L S * *〔Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry) p.66〕 | Ship fate = Sold for breaking to Smith & Co. Port Glasgow, 1929. | Ship status = Scrapped | Ship notes = }} |} SS (RMS) ''Mona's Queen'' (II) No. 76308, was an iron-built paddle steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. She was the second vessel in the Company's history to be so named. ''Mona's Queen'' served from 1885 until 1929. In 1917, during the Great War, she collided with a German submarine. ==Construction and dimensions== ''Mona's Queen'' was built in 1885, by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company of Barrow-in-Furness, at a cost of £55,000 (£}} in ). Length 320'1"; beam 30'3"; depth 14'5" and a service speed of 19 knots. ''Mona's Queen'' was constructed from Siemens-Martin mild steel〔Isle of Man Examiner. Saturday 25 April 1885〕 and had a registered tonnage of . ''Mona's Queen'' carried four lifeboats as well as eight William's double-lined raft seats.〔 ''Mona's Queen'' was launched by the Mayoress of Barrow, Mrs. Fell, on Saturday 18 April 1885.〔 For the occasion, the Directors of the Company were taken to Barrow on board the ''Ellan Vannin'', which departed Douglas at 07:30hrs, arriving in Ramsden Dock, Barrow at 11:30hrs. Her engine design attracted considerable attention when she was first built, for she had a set of compound surface condensing cylinder engines, which produced 5,000 i.h.p. Her boiler steam pressure was . ''Mona's Queen'' was the last ship built for the Company to be fitted with oscillating engines. The diameter of the high pressure cylinders was 50 inches, the diameter of the low pressure cylinders was 88 inches, both producing a stroke length of 72 inches.〔 Her saloons were described as "very commodious,"〔 being panneld in satin wood and walnut, and decorated in gold.〔 The main saloon, together with the Captain's Room were upholstered in 'peacock blue velvet', with the Ladies Saloon decorated with bronze green velvet and furnished with sycamore and walnut, with gold mountings. The design of the Ladies Saloon enabled easy conversion into sleeping accommodation.〔 Her Smoke Room was paneled with ash with oak framing and teak mouldings. The upholstery was carried out by Townson, Ward & Barrow, who also provided the upholstery in the ''Peveril.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Mona's Queen (1885)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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