s.s. 'Miranda' - Report of Survey for Repairs, &c. for Miranda - 23rd October 1879.

She was surveyed upon the Gridiron of the Penarth Ship Building & Shiprepairing Company Limited by Mr. Henry T. Tyrrell. The vessel was an iron screw steamer of 948 Gross Register Tonnage and registered to the Port of London having been built by Palmer Bros. & Company of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, launched late March and completed during May 1865.

Mr. Tyrrell records that : 'The vessel placed on Gridiron for examination, having sprung a leak while loading her outward cargo of coals, in the Penarth Dock on the 21st October 1879.'

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1899 - Steamer Sinks Off Staithes - All The Crew Saved - 'The steamship Miranda, with coal, from Hartlepool to London sprung a leak off Staithes at half past seven on Tuesday morning. The crew, to the number of 13, took to the boats and landed at Staithes. The Master’s name is James Stobbart. The vessel is a total wreck.' - Scarborough Post, The [791] 17th March 1899.