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Name: MIRANDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/03/1865
Completed: 05/1865
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 170
Dimensions: 819grt, 642nrt, 211.0 x 28.1 x 17.4ft; (1871: 996grt, 736nrt, 236.0 x 28.1 x 17.2ft)
Engines: 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90nhp; (1871: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 140nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1317;
(1871: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 52702
History:
26/05/1865 London Steamship Co Ltd, London
1886 J Fenwick & Son, London
1896 Miranda Steamship Co Ltd, (TP Wood, manager), London
16/03/1899 Sank
Comments: 1871: Lengthened to 236.0ft and engine compounded
14/03/1899: Foundered 3.5miles NE of Staithes
On a voyage from Hartlepool to London with a cargo of coal


Sunderland Daily Echo, Wednesday, 15/03/1899