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| Ship image   = [[File:SS. Mona.jpg|300px|SS Mona]]
| Ship caption = ''Mona''
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| Ship flag           = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} {{shipboxflag|Isle of Man|civil}}
| Ship name           = *''Hazel''
*1919: ''Mona''
| Ship owner          = 1907-1919: Laird Line 1919–1938: [[Isle of Man Steam Packet Company|IOMSPCo]]
| Ship operator       = 1907-1919: Laird Line 1919–1938: IOMSPCo
| Ship registry       = [[Douglas, Isle of Man]]
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| Ship ordered        = 
| Ship builder        = Fairfields & Co., [[Govan]]
| Ship original cost  = Purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1919 for £65,000
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| Ship laid down      = 
| Ship launched       = 13 April 1907
| Ship completed      = 1907
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| Ship maiden voyage  = 
| Ship in service     = 
| Ship out of service = 
| Ship identification = Official Number:124188
| Ship fate           = Scrapped 1939
| Ship notes          = 
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| Ship type           = Packet Steamer
| Ship tonnage        = {{GRT|1219|disp=long}}
| Ship displacement   = 
| Ship length         = {{cvt|261|ft}}
| Ship beam           = {{cvt|36|ft}}
| Ship draught        = 
| Ship depth          = {{cvt|16|ft}}
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| Ship power          = 3100 indicated horsepower
| Ship propulsion     = Screw-propeller
| Ship speed          = {{convert|18|kn|mph}}
| Ship capacity       = 527 First Class. 512 Second Class. Total 1039 passengers.
| Ship crew           = 58
| Ship notes          = 
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'''SS ''Mona'' (II)''' No.124188 was a steel built [[packet steamer]] which was originally named the '''SS ''Hazel''''', and was operated by the Laird Line from 1907 to 1919. She was purchased by the [[Isle of Man Steam Packet Company]] in 1919 as replacement for wartime losses. She was the second vessel in the history of the Steam Packet Company to be named ''Mona''.

==Construction and dimensions==
Built in the [[Govan]] yards of Fairfields & Co. in 1907, the vessel had a registered [[tonnage]] of {{GRT|1219}}; length 261'; beam 36' and a depth of 16'. ''Hazel'' was a twin-screw vessel fitted with two four-cylinder [[triple expansion]] engines. These developed 3100 [[indicated horsepower]] and gave the vessel a service speed of 18 knots.

Operated by the Laird Line, she mainly saw service on the [[Ardrossan]]-Portrush route.

==Service life==
Of eleven Steam Packet ships either purchased or chartered by the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] during the [[Great War]], only four returned to service with the company after the cessation of hostilities, and consequently, new ships were going to be needed to handle the resumption of peacetime traffic.
However, industry as a whole was in a disorganised and seriously run-down state after the challenges of the war years, and new vessels could not possibly be built in time for the tourist influx of 1919.

The Company compromised, and starting with the purchase of the ''Hazel'', they set about redressing their wartime losses. Renamed ''Mona'', she was the first of five vessels purchased by the Steam Packet Company between 1919 and 1920, and was bought from G. and J. Burns of Glasgow on 21 May 1919, who were acting on behalf of the Laird Line. The consideration was £65,000.

''Mona'' had a maximum range of two full days steaming at an average fuel consumption of 66 tons of coal a day. She was placed mainly on the secondary and night services and had an eventful career.

On 2 July 1930, ''Mona'' ran ashore on the [[Conister Rock]] in [[Douglas Harbour|Douglas Bay]], an accident that caused the outer face of the Victoria Pier to be painted white in order to make it more distinctive.
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On another occasion, she rammed the [[Lightvessel|Crosby Light Ship]] in a fog.

==Disposal==
For the last two years of her life, ''Mona'' was mainly on reserve or cargo duty. She was sold in December 1938 to E. G. Rees of [[Llanelly]] for scrapping.
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==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
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* {{cite book| author=Chappell, Connery| year=1980| title=Island Lifeline| publisher=T.Stephenson & Sons Ltd| isbn=0-901314-20-X}}
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