Name: | MIRA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 02/10/1901 |
Completed: | 10/1901 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 269 |
Dimensions: | 3700grt, 2397nrt, 345.0 x 47.0 x 21.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 351nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114414 |
History: | |
10/1901 | Mira Steam Ship Co Ltd (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens), Newcastle |
11/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/10/1917: Sank after being mined 4 miles SWxW of Beachy Head |
On a voyage from Port Arthur to Dover with a cargo of fuel oil | |
Mine laid by U-Boat UC50 on 06/10/1917 |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 03/10/1901