Florian Technical Specification

The steamship Florian alongside at an American port, possibly New York, on July 17th, 1940.

The steamship Florian alongside in an iuidentified port on October 25th, 1940. She was torpedoed and sunk in January 1941.

Master: 1941 Laurence Robert Mann.

On a voyage from Hull for New York in ballast with a total complement of 41 Florian sailed from Oban on 18 January 1941 & was not heard from again. Her lifeboat & wreckage were seen in 61.14N/12.05W. It was thought she was sunk on 20 January 1941 by German submarine U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch) who reported sinking a boat by torpedo SW of Iceland. All 41 hands were lost.

Lives lost January 1941: Allan, Frank, fireman/trimmer, 35, Hull; Allan, Walter Christopher, fireman/trimmer, 21, Hull; Allen, Graham Simson, apprentice, 19; Barber, William Ernest, trimmer, 22, Wellington, Shropshire; Barker, Ronald, cadet, 19, Royton, Lancs.; Bewley, Frederick, assistant cook, 24, Doncaster, Yorks.; Broberg, Gustav Victor, fireman/trimmer, 33, Gypsyville, Hull ; Brown, Joshua, fireman/trimmer, 23, b. Grimsby, resided Edinburgh; Brownlee, George Leslie, carpenter, 30, Keresley, Warwick; Cawkwell, Harold, fireman/trimmer, 25, Hull; Consitt, Victor, able seaman, 22, Hull; Crowell, Clyde P, fireman/trimmer, Canada; Deakin, Sydney, sailor, 20; Evans, Albert Henry, able seaman, 23, Llanelly, Wales; Foster, John Gerald, cadet, 16, Hoylake, Cheshire; Geddes, John Coral, fireman/trimmer, 21 ; Hunt, Alfred Albert Dardanelles, donkeyman, 25; Hunter, Wilfred, able seaman, 43, Hull; Ibbetson, Leslie, able seaman, 21; Krinkle, Frank, assistant steward, 18; Love, David Ronald, cadet, 19, Purley, Surrey; Lowson, Frederick, trimmer, 33; Mann, Laurence Robert, master, 54, Wallasley, Cheshire; Manning, Ernest Carr, donkeyman, 39; Markwell, Edward, boatswain, 37; McGowan, Bernard, fireman/trimmer, 38 (son of Martin & Margaret); Moir, James Archibald, chief engineer, 54, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead; Needham, Stanley Oscar, chief steward, 57, Thornton, Liverpool; Petley, James Arthur, chief officer, 39, Appledore, Devon; Roche, John William, able seaman, 48; Shaw, Jack, 2^nd radio officer, 18; Stephens, Clarence Frederick, 3^rd engineer, 27, Bristol; Stevenson, Arthur, cook, 18; Stone, Rendle Charles James, 1^st radio officer, 34, Mossley Hill, Liverpool; Taylor, William, fireman/trimmer, 23; Wetton, John Henry, donkeyman, 60, Hull; Williams, William Lloyd, 2^nd officer, 57, Liverpool; Wheatley, Reginald Horace, able seaman, 35, Northville, Bristol; Yeoman, George Herbert, trimmer, 27; Yorgenson, Arthur Carlo, 2^nd engineer, 39, Gipsyville, Hull.