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} as of ). | Ship yard number = 998 | Ship way number = 145308〔Connery Chappell - Island Lifeline (1980) p54.〕 | Ship laid down = 27 October 1933 | Ship launched = 12 April 1934 | Ship completed = 25 June 1934 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = 1934 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = May 1940 | Ship identification = *ON 145308 *Code Letters G W S G * *〔Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry) p.64〕 | Ship fate = Sunk at Dunkirk, 29 May 1940 | Ship status = War Grave | Ship notes = }} |} TSS (RMS) ''Mona's Queen'' (III) No. 145308, was a ship built for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1934. The steamer, which was the third vessel in the company's history to bear the name, was one of five ships to be specially commissioned by the Steam Packet company between 1927 and 1937. They were replacements for the various second-hand steamers that had been purchased to replace the company's losses during the First World War. However the life of the ''Mona's Queen'' proved to be short as well, six years after being launched she was sunk by a sea mine during the Dunkirk evacuation on 29 May 1940. ==Construction== ''Mona's Queen'' was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1934, at a cost of £30,000 (approx. £12.3 million in 2014). The vessel had a registered tonnage of 2,756; a depth of ; a length of ; beam of and a speed of 22 knots. She was certified for 2,486 passengers and a crew of 83. ''Mona's Queen'' had two rudders, one forward as well as an Oertz streamline type astern. She was driven by two single-reduction geared turbines and produced ; the first of the Company's ships to have water tube boilers, taking up less room than the scotch boilers previously used. ''Mona's Queen'' was launched by Mrs J. B. Waddington at 9:30am on 12 April 1934. This rather unusual time, was as a consequence of tide conditions in the River Mersey.〔Mona's Herald. Tuesday June 12th, 1934.〕 Following her fitting-out, ''Mona's Queen'' underwent her sea trials on Wednesday 13 June. Sailing from Cammell Laird's, she made passage to the Clyde for her speed test over the 'measured mile'. On her return she crossed Douglas Bay (but did not berth at her home port) as she continued back to Birkenhead, where she entered the 'wet basin' in order to have her turbines examined.〔Mona's Herald. Tuesday June 12th, 1934.〕 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 (1934)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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