Miranda

Official Number
25632

The Miranda was a barque built at Whitehaven by Lumley Kennedy & Co., launched on the 30th January 1854. Her owners were Bowring & Co. and the vessel was registered at Liverpool for all of her career.

The Miranda was wrecked on the 29th December 1874, off the Brunswick river, at the border between New South Wales and Queensland. She had sailed from Brisbane under the command of Capt.Charles Lakie, to load a cargo of cedar at Brunswick river. The cargo had not been ready when she arrived. Whilst waiting at anchor, the weather deteriorated and the anchor chains parted, the vessel subsequently grounding and becoming a total wreck. All the crew were saved.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
 Miranda
1854
348 om, 336 nm
 
 
 
3
 
 
 A1 for 13 years, Special Survey

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1854-5: Miranda, barque, 348 tons om, 336 tons nm, built at Whitehaven in 1854, registered at Liverpool, owned by Bowring & Co., master Capt.Williams, voyage Whitehaven - Newfoundland.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1875: Miranda, barque, 314 tons, built at Whitehaven in 1854, official number 25632, signal letters PGSR, registered at Liverpool, owned by C.T.Bowring & Co., of St.John Street, Liverpool.
  4. "Wreck of the Miranda" in the Queenslander newspaper, Saturday, 23d January 1875, page 2 (see National Library of Australia website for other newspaper reports.)