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Name: GULF OF FLORIDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/11/1890
Completed: 1891
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 300
Dimensions: 2865grt, 1811nrt, 325.0 x 42.0 x 23.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 38 & 62 x 45ins), 286nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98299
History:
1891 Greenock Steamship Co Ltd, Greenock
1900 Dall’Orso & Co, La Spezia; renamed ITALIA
11/05/1917 Wrecked
Comments: 11/05/1917: Wrecked on Wingletang Ledge, St Agnes
On a voyage from Cardiff to Taranto with a cargo of coal