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Miranda: North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Miranda: North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '30 Miles Nw Of Peterhead'; Miranda
Canmore ID 271708
Site Number ND75SE 8001
NGR ND 79 51
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271708
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
ND75SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Peterhead [name: NK 135 465].
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 January 1940). Miranda: this vessel was torpedoed by U22 at German position AN1681. (Allied 30 miles NW of Peterhead?).
Registration: Bergen. Built 1920. 1326 grt. Length: 71m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 27.00 W2 21.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 April 2005.
Loss (21 January 1940)
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 January 1940). Miranda: this vessel was torpedoed by U22 at German position AN1681. (Allied 30 miles NW of Peterhead?).
Registration: Bergen. Built 1920. 1326 grt. Length: 71m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 27.00 W2 21.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (6 April 2005)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 April 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2351
Name : MIRANDA
Latitude : 582700
Longitude : 22100
Date Built : 1920
Registration : BERGEN
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1326
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 71
Beam : 11
Draught : 5m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Torped by U22 at German pos AN1681. (Allied 30 miles NW of Peterhead?)
Cargo : COAL
