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.
Sources:   nsp,slh,sol,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,mpl