At Dundee was recently the merchant ship Eastern Monarch of extra ordinary dimensions launched, namely 239 x more as 40 feet, a capacity of 3,000 ton and a value estimated on 600,000 Dutch guilders.(1)
Note
1. According to the website http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/A_Shipbuilding_History._1750-1932_(Alexander_Stephen_and_Sons):_Chapter_2 a wooden East Indiaman built for Messrs. Somes’ East India Cervice at the yard of Alexander Stephen and Sons at the Clyde . Three years later was she lost by fire while returning from her maiden voyage used as troop transport and carrying with her merchandise. The website http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/EasternMonarch.html supplies ,pre detail dealing with this loss. The report of the annual meeting, volume 37, 1867 of the British Association for the Advancement of Science mentioned that she had a measurement of 1848 tons and was classed for 14 years as A 1 in Lloyd’s Register being in her time one of the largest ships in this class.
