Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Collision
SS Florida
A vessel built in 1889, lost on Lake Huron in 1897. The record: “Sank in a collision with the George W. Roby.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Robert Mills & Company
- Launched
- April 25, 1889
- Completed
- May 25, 1889
- Length
- 270 ft (82 m)
- Beam
- 40 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 2103 GRT; 1834 NRT
- Fate
- Sank in a collision with the George W. Roby
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.2963° N, 83.2835° W
The same decade
Huron losses of the 1890s
- Corsican1893 · collision
- John Shaw1894 · foundered
- Newell A. Eddy1893 · foundered
- SS Messenger1890 · fire
- SS Norman1895
- SS Ohio1894 · foundered
- Typo1899 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Norman1.1 mi · lost 1895
- John J. Audubon2.8 mi · lost 1854
- Cornelia B. Windiate2.9 mi · lost 1875
- Defiance4.3 mi · lost 1854
- Kyle Spangler9.5 mi · lost 1860
- MV Nordmeer13 mi · lost 1966
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Rockport8.1 mi
- Presque Isle10 mi
- North Riverfront Park18 mi
- Alpena Municipal Marina18 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Middle Island Light7.4 mi
- Old Presque Isle Light10.0 mi
- New Presque Isle Light11 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary18 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Florida (1889), retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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