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Leaving Oban, Scotland, in ballast on 18 January 1941 and heading for New York, United States, on the 20th, at 0.42 am, she was torpedoed by U-94 140 miles (225 km) west-south-west of the Faroe Islands, position 61°14'N/12°05'W. Her captain, 41 crew members and two gunners lost their lives. The Florian sank in 42 seconds by the stern.
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Commemorated on:
Page 119 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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