| Name: | FLORISTAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/06/1928 |
| Completed: | 11/08/1928 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 491 |
| Dimensions: | 5478grt, 3483nrt, 415.3 x 54.2 x 27.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 48ins), 630nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 160549 |
| History: | |
| 11/08/1928 | Strick Line (1928) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 19/01/1942 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 19/01/1942: Wrecked 6nm north of Oversay Light House, Islay |
| On a voyage from Manchester to the Persian Gulf carrying mail & general cargo |
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