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Name: FLORISTAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/06/1928
Completed: 11/08/1928
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 491
Dimensions: 5478grt, 3483nrt, 415.3 x 54.2 x 27.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 48ins), 630nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 160549
History:
11/08/1928 Strick Line (1928) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London
19/01/1942 Wrecked
Comments: 19/01/1942: Wrecked 6nm north of Oversay Light House, Islay
On a voyage from Manchester to the Persian Gulf carrying mail & general cargo


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