Name: | FLORA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/12/1907 |
Completed: | 06/1908 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 149 |
Dimensions: | 1660grt, 1099nrt, 250.5 x 38.2 x 15.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 218nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1908 | Schill, Seebohm & Co, Valparaiso |
1914 | RW James & Cia, Valparaiso |
1917 | Soc Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia, Buenos Aires; renamed AMERICANO |
1917 | Soc Francaise d'Armement Em Frisch & Cie, Marseille; renamed SAINT RAPHAEL |
1921 | Cie Generale Transatlantique, Marseille |
1935 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the Chilean coastal service |
With 24x1st, 42x2nd, 40x3rd and 45xdeck class passengers | |
1921: Employed on the inter-island trade in the Antilles | |
1Q 1935: Broken up by Balla at Genoa |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Marine Engineer, 01/01/1908