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Name: MIRAFLORES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/03/1921
Completed: 05/1921
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1163
Dimensions: 2158grt, 1201nrt, 270.7 x 39.0 x 14.7ft
Engines: T4cyl (20.5, 33, 37 & 37 x 30ins), 305nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 145445
History:
05/1921 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle
1925 Miraflores Steamship Co Ltd (Atlantic Fruit & Sugar Co), Kingston, Jamaica
1931 Managers Standard Fruit & SS Company
1932 Marymira Co Ltd, Kingston
1937 Llanrumney Ltd, Kingston
02/1942 Missing
Comments: Launched for Atlantic Fruit Co, New York
14/02/1942: Sailed from Port de Paix on a voyage from Cap Hatien
to New York and subsequently posted missing
Probably torpedoed by U-Boat U432 on 19/02/1942 in about 39N - 73W