FLORIDA

Other names : none

Official no. : 120753

Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight

Build info : 1889, Buffalo

Specs : 271x40x15 2103g 1835n

Date of loss : 1897, May 21

Place of loss : off False Presque Isle, MI

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : collision

Loss of life : none

Carrying : bbls flour, general merchandise

Detail : Collided with the steamer GEORGE W. ROBY in dense fog and sank in 12 minutes in 250 ft. of
water. ROBY picked up her crew. In this accident FLORIDA, one of largest boats on the lakes, collided
with one of the few bigger ones.

Wreck located in July of 1994.

Alpena, MI

Thunder Bay Divers