MV Miranda Guinness
MV Miranda Guinness was a vessel in the Guinness shipping fleet. She was built at Charles Hill & Sons of Bristol in 1976 and named after Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh.[1][2] She went into service in January 1977, first sailing from Dublin Port to Runcorn and regularly plied the Dublin to Liverpool route.[2]
In 1985 the ship collided with the East Link Bridge.[3]
She was sold and scrapped in 1993 at the Manchester Ship Canal.[1][2]
References
- Bourke, Edward. "The Guinness Fleets - The Guinness Fleets of Boats, ships and yachts". Online Journal of Irish Maritime History. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- "Archive Fact Sheet: Guinness Ships" (PDF). Guinness Storehouse. Guinness. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- "Lady Miranda Full of Guinness Hits East Link Bridge". RTÉ Archive. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.