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Name: FLORENCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/02/1866
Completed: 06/1866
Builder: Bainbridge, Davy & Hopper
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 909grt, 747nrt, 206.0 x 28.1 x 17.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (39 & 39 x 26ins), 90nhp
Engines by: Robert Morrison & Co, Ouseburn Engine Works
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 54859
History:
07/06/1866 Edward T Gourley, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
28/09/1868 Sank
Comments: 28/09/1868: Foundered off the Nab Light, Isle of Wight
On a voyage from Trieste with a cargo of corn, staves & sultanas
The shipbuilder was declared bankrupt 27/01/1866, so who completed the ship?


Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday, 29/09/1868