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THE SCREW STEAMSHIP LYDIAN MONARCH WAS BUILT IN 1881 BY A. MCMILLAN & SON OF DUMBARTON, SCOTLAND.
THE LYDIAN MONARCH WAS OPERATED BY THE MONARCH LINE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE ROYAL EXCHANGE SHIPPING COMPANY, THIS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1887 AND WAS PURCHASED BY A COMBINATION OF THE WILSON LINE OF HULL AND HILLS TWIN SCREW LINE. THE LYDIAN MONARCH WAS RENAMED ONTARIO IN 1895 AND WAS SCRAPPED IN 1902.
THE LYDIAN MONARCH WAS OPERATED BY THE MONARCH LINE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE ROYAL EXCHANGE SHIPPING COMPANY, THIS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1887 AND WAS PURCHASED BY A COMBINATION OF THE WILSON LINE OF HULL AND HILLS TWIN SCREW LINE. THE LYDIAN MONARCH WAS RENAMED ONTARIO IN 1895 AND WAS SCRAPPED IN 1902.