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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