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SS Florida was an Italian ocean liner, built in 1905 for Lloyd Italiano, which operated between Italy and both North and South America. In 1909 she collided with, and sank, White Star Line's Republic off the American coast. Later, as Cavour with Transatlantica Italiana, she was sunk by collision with the Italian auxiliary cruiser Caprera off the Spanish Mediterranean coast on 12 December 1917, without loss of life. Construction Florida was launched for Lloyd Italiano of Genoa, Italy at the Società Esercizio Bacini shipyard in Riva Trigoso, near Genoa, on 22 June 1905, and completed in September of that year. The ship was long and had a beam of . She was assessed at and had a pair of triple expansion engines driving twin screw propellers. The ship could reach a maximum speed of and had two masts and two funnels. As built, she had the capacity to carry 25 1st-class and 1,600 steerage passengers. She had a sister ship, . Early career For her maiden voyage she sailed from Genoa on 18 September 1905, calling also at Naples, en route to Buenos Aires. Floridas next voyage was to inaugurate Lloyd Italiano's Genoa–Palermo–New York route, which she served until 1911. RMS Republic collision

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“I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humourous, and continued from there. I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.”
— Piers Anthony, as quoted in 100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors (2005) by Bernard Alger Drew, p. 11
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever. (2016), Chapter 2
“When I was twelve, I helped my Daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement, because some damn fool parked a dozen warheads ninety miles off the coast of Florida. This thing could park a coupla' hundred warheads off Washington or New York and no-one would know anything about it until it was all over.”
— Larry Ferguson, in The Hunt for Red October (1990), based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
“California, Florida, whatever. Either way, your pale ass is getting a tan.”
— Hubert Selby, Jr., in Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“One nice thing about Florida, it makes Pennsylvania look unspoiled.”
— John Updike, in Rabbit at Rest (1990).
“There’s high awareness of the ballot measure. People understand Amendment 4 is on the ballot. But they don’t necessarily connect that there’s a six-week abortion ban.”
— Alex Berrios, co-founder of the Yes on 4 campaign , according to With days until Election Day, groups make final push for Florida's abortion rights ballot measure (Oct. 30, 2024)

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SS Florida was an Italian transatlantic passenger steamship.She was built in 1905, mainly to carry emigrants. In 1909 she collided with the White Star Liner RMS Republic in the North Atlantic. Seven people were killed, and Republic sank. In 1912 she was renamed Cavour. In 1917 she was involved in a collision with the Italian Auxiliary cruiser Caprera in the Mediterranean. Cavour sank, but no-one was killed.

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From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humourous, and continued from there. I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.”
— Piers Anthony, as quoted in 100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors (2005) by Bernard Alger Drew, p. 11
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever. (2016), Chapter 2
“When I was twelve, I helped my Daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement, because some damn fool parked a dozen warheads ninety miles off the coast of Florida. This thing could park a coupla' hundred warheads off Washington or New York and no-one would know anything about it until it was all over.”
— Larry Ferguson, in The Hunt for Red October (1990), based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
“California, Florida, whatever. Either way, your pale ass is getting a tan.”
— Hubert Selby, Jr., in Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“One nice thing about Florida, it makes Pennsylvania look unspoiled.”
— John Updike, in Rabbit at Rest (1990).
“There’s high awareness of the ballot measure. People understand Amendment 4 is on the ballot. But they don’t necessarily connect that there’s a six-week abortion ban.”
— Alex Berrios, co-founder of the Yes on 4 campaign , according to With days until Election Day, groups make final push for Florida's abortion rights ballot measure (Oct. 30, 2024)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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