Name: | FLORENTIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/02/1912 |
Completed: | 04/1912 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 182 |
Dimensions: | 3688grt, 2338nrt, 348.7 x 50.1 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 307nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133651 |
History: | |
15/03/1912 | International Line Steamship Co Ltd (Christopher Marwood), Whitby |
1914 | Manager became George Marwood |
1918 | Sutherland Steamship Co Ltd (AM Sutherland), Newcastle |
29/06/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/06/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB88, 2 miles ExN of Robin Hood’s Bay |
On a voyage outwards from the Tyne with a cargo of coal |
Whitby Gazette, Friday, 09/02/1912