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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