The Monkshaven was a steel freighter built in 1882 in South Shields, England. It had the official number 86632 and was propelled by a screw propulsion system. The vessel had a gross tonnage of 2,097.
Ownership of the Monkshaven was initially in England, but it was chartered by the Algoma Central Railway from 1900 to 1905. The ship measured 249 feet in length, 36 feet in beam, and 18 feet in depth.
Unfortunately, the Monkshaven met its final fate on November 27, 1905, when it was wrecked near Pie Island, located at Thunder Cape in Ontario, Canada. The crew of the Monkshaven managed to reach Fort William, and subsequent attempts to raise the wreck in 1907 were unsuccessful. The remains of the vessel were left on Angus Island.
In August 1906, there were reports that the Monkshaven had been floated once again and would be taken to Duluth shipyards. The vessel had sustained significant damage amounting to $20,000. However, it seems that the Monkshaven’s fate took another turn, as it was eventually wrecked again on August 23, 1914, near St. Felicite, Quebec.
The precise details and circumstances of the Monkshaven’s wrecking in St. Felicite are not provided in the available information.
