liner FLORIDE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1862 - 1874

Design features

Floride (iron liner) 1862 - 1874
hull material : ...................iron
previous name(s) of ship : ........coloïd
detailed type : ...................iron liner
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1862
name of shipyard : ................Caird Co
place of construction : ...........Greenock
year of entering the fleet : ......1862
length (in meters) : ..............85,44
width (in meters) : ...............11,9
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........1900
deadweight (in tons) : ............1800
type of engine : ..................inverted, 2 vertical cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............450
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........11

History

Second of both ships ordered by a Spanish shipping company and bought on slipway by the recently created Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. Sistership : LOUISIANE (1862). Brought into service on June 14, 1862 on the line of the West Indies and Mexico, at the departure of Le Havre. In 1866, is transformed to transport emigrants on the line of New York. October 5, 1866, sinks in the harbourg of Le Havre during an operation of coal loading. Is refloated the 9. In 1874-75, is equipped with triple expansion engines and is renamed COLOMBIE. Her cutwater stem is replaced by a straight one. In October 1875, after transformations, is assigned to the line of Colon. In 1887, is transferred on the line to Haiti. Sold for the demolition in Marseille in January 1898, after a 35 years career.