Name: | FLORIDA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/09/1882 |
Completed: | 1883 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 433 |
Dimensions: | 3202grt, 2029nrt, 336.6 x 41.2 x 26.5ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (40 & 74 x 54ins), 350nhp; (1891: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 64 x 42in), 270nhp) |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland; (1891: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87038 |
History: | |
1883 | Nelson, Donkin & Co, London |
1909 | A/S Ørnen (SL Christensen), Sandefjord; renamed ØRN |
1913 | A/S Rethval (H Fredriksen), Christiania; renamed FALKLAND |
12/11/1913 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1891: Re-engined |
12/11/1913: Wrecked near Santa Maria off Montevideo on a voyage from | |
Hull to Montevideo with a cargo of coal and whaling equipment |
Above photo as FLORIDA copyright of John Clarkson