Mona's Isle

 Official Number
17281

The Mona's Isle was a two-masted flat built by Joseph Ford at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was launched in 1835 and was owned by Barrow's James Fisher from 1859 until her loss in 1867.

The Mona's Isle was lost off Piel Island in July 1867.

A vessel called the Mona's Isle appeared very frequently in the notebooks of Barrow shipbroker William Gawith. She was described as belonging to the port of Preston, and her masters were Robert Hunter (1855 to Feb' 56), Thomas Sumner (March to Oct. '56 and Feb.'57 to June '58), George Sumner (Oct.'56 to Jan.'57), William Hilton (Jan.'57) and Robert Forshaw (May 1865).

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Mona's Isle
1835
 38
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research on the fleet of James Fisher by Derek Blackhurst.
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Mona's Isle, 37 tons, off.no.17281, signal letters MGBC, registered at Preston.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1860: Mona's Isle, information as MNL 1857, except registered at Lancaster.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Mona's Isle, 38 tons, off.no.17281, registered at Lancaster, owned by James Fisher, of Barrow-in-Furness.
  5. William Gawith's notebooks, transcribed by Peter Sandbach.