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 |