SS Florida
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For other uses, see Florida (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with SS Florinda.
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The Florida circa 1890 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Florida |
Owner | Peter P. Miller |
Builder | Robert Mills & Company |
Launched | 1889 |
In service | May 25, 1889 |
Out of service | May 21, 1897 |
Identification | U.S. Registry #120753 |
Fate | Sank in a collision with the George W. Roby |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 270.3 ft (82.4 m) |
Beam | 40.2 ft (12.3 m) |
Depth | 15.4 ft (4.7 m) |
Installed power | Steam |
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SS Florida was a wooden hulled Great Lakes freighter that served on the Great Lakes of North America from her construction in 1889, to her sinking in May 1897 when she collided with the larger wooden hulled freighter George W. Roby. Her wreck was located by Ed Ellison in July 1994, in 206 feet (63 m) of water almost completely intact, save for her stern.[1][2][3]