Miranda was launched in Liverpool in 1829 as a West Indiaman. She was condemned at Calcutta in 1840.
Career Miranda first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1829.LR (1829), Supple. pages "M", Seq.No.M55.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1829 J.Taggart Quayle & Co. Liverpool–Demerara LR 1834 W.Syms 1839 MurdockA.Thompson D.Sharp Clyde–AntiguaClyde–Calcutta LR
By 1839 Mirandas homeport was Greenock, and she was trading with Calcutta.
When , McCloud, master, was wrecked on 7 February 1840 on Point Palmyras Reef, Miranda rescued the survivors."SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", The Friend of India, Calcutta, India (20 February 1840), Volume VI, Issue 269, p. 128.
Fate Miranda, Thompson, master, arrived at Calcutta from the Clyde on 14 February. On 19 March she sailed for London but on 11 April she put back into Calcutta, leaky.
Miranda, Thompson, master, was condemned at Calcutta in 1840 after again having put back on 11 August. Her hull was sold for Rupees 5,000." MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES" Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and its Dependencies (London, England), 1 December 1840, Volume 33, Issue 132 p. 315.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1840 A.Thompson D.Sharp Calcutta LR; "condemned"
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