Florida
Name | Florida |
Type | Barge
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GRT | 558 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1876
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Builder | ?, Windsor, Nova Scotia
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Operator | H.P.Jacobsen (Langesund)
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History | A bark that had been cut down to a lighter. Owner at time of loss uncertain, owned in 1912 by A/S Florida (HS.P. Jacobsen), Langesund while still a bark.
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U-boat attacks on Barge Florida
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 30 Sep 1915 | U 16 (Leo Hillebrand) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk 40 miles off Lindesnaes
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| Kristiania – Hull
| pit props
| 0
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| Under tow of the whaler Whangaroo when stopped. U 16 released the whaler.
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