SS Miraflores
SS Miraflores was a freighter lost on 19 February 1942. The ship left New Orleans on 6 February 1942 with a crew of 34 and made an intermediate stop in Haiti before sailing for New York on 14 February 1942.[1] Miraflores was owned by the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company.[2] She had a gross tonnage of 2,158 and was 270 feet long.[3] She was built in England in 1921 and was engaged in transporting bananas between Central America and New Orleans.[4]
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| Name: | SS Miraflores |
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| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend |
| Yard number: | 1163 |
| Launched: | 12 March 1921 |
| Completed: | May 1921 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 19 February 1942 |
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| Length: | 270.7 ft (82.5 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Depth: | 14.7 ft (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Miraflores was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Delaware Capes, United States by U-432 with the loss of all 34 crew.[5] The ship was later discovered and identified in 2007.
References
- Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan, June 16, 1942, "Six Ships are Sunk", page 1
- Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, 15 June 1942, page 2, " New Ship Mystery Rivals Case of Cyclops"
- Gettysburg Times, Gettysburg, Pa., 16 June 1942, page 6, "Atlantic Ship Toll Now at 271"
- The Daily Independent, Murphysboro, Illinois, "Another Cyclops Mystery May Be in The Making", page 5
- "Miraflores". Uboat. Retrieved 21 January 2017
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