SS Florian
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Florian |
| Owner | Ellerman Lines |
| Operator | Ellerman & Papayanni Lines |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Builder | Wm Gray & Co, West Hartlepool |
| Yard number | 1099 |
| Launched | 29 January 1940 |
| Completed | April 1940 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 20 January 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,174 GRT, 1,486 NRT |
| Length | 345.7 ft (105.4 m) |
| Beam | 50.1 ft (15.3 m) |
| Draught | 22 ft 2+1⁄2 in (6.77 m) |
| Depth | 20.7 ft (6.3 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 606 NHP |
| Propulsion | triple expansion steam engine, low pressure turbine, one screw |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Crew | 42 + 2 DEMS gunners |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Notes | sister ships: Malvernian, Belgravian, Ionian |
SS Florian was an Ellerman Lines cargo steamship that was launched in 1940 and completed that year. A U-boat sank her with all hands in 1941 in the Battle of the Atlantic.
This was the first Ellerman Lines ship called Florian. The second was a motor ship that was built in 1955, sold in 1971 and renamed Maldive Loyalty, and scrapped in 1982.[1][2]
Florian was one of a set of four sister ships that William Gray & Company built for the Ellerman & Papayanni Lines subsidiary of Ellerman Lines. The first was Malvernian in 1937. She was followed by Belgravian in 1937, Ionian in 1938 and finally Florian in 1939–40.[3]
William Gray & Co built Florian at West Hartlepool yard, launching her on 26 January 1940[4] and completing her that April. Her registered length was 345.7 ft (105.4 m), her beam was 50.1 ft (15.3 m), her depth was 20.7 ft (6.3 m), and her tonnages were 3,174 GRT and 1,486 NRT.[5]
Florian had one screw. Gray's Central Marine Engineering Works built her engines. Her main engine was a steam triple expansion engine. It was supplemented by a Bauer-Wach low-pressure exhaust steam turbine, which ran on exhaust steam from the low pressure cylinder of her piston engine. Via double reduction gearing and a Föttinger fluid coupling the turbine drove the same propeller shaft as her piston engine. Between them the two engines were rated at 606 NHP[5] and gave her a speed of 13 knots (24 km/h).[3]
