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SS ''Florizel'', a passenger liner, was the flagship of the Bowring Brothers' Red Cross Line of steamships and one of the first ships in the world specifically designed to navigate icy waters.〔''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', ISBN 0-9693422-1-7.〕 During her last voyage, from St. John's to Halifax and on to New York, she sank after striking a reef at Horn Head Point (), Cape Race near Cappahayden, Newfoundland, with the loss of 94 including Betty Munn, a three-year-old girl, in whose memory a statue of Peter Pan was erected at Bowring Park in St. John's. The sinking of ''Florizel'' and the loss of life, compounded by the controversy surrounding her ill-fated voyage was the subject of a book by Cassie Brown entitled ''A Winter's Tale - The Wreck of the Florizel'', ISBN 0-9698767-4-2. == History == ''Florizel'' was primarily a passenger liner, built for the Bowring Brothers to replace an earlier ship, the ''SS Silvia'', which had been lost at sea. Built of steel, she was one of the first ships in the world to be specifically designed to navigate the icy waters around Newfoundland and Labrador. The vessel was modified each spring to participate in the annual seal hunt off the coast of Newfoundland, and participated in the rescue of sealers during the Great 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster. Often captained by Captain Abram Kean, she broke many records on her numerous voyages to the seal hunt.〔Paul O'Neill, ''The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland'', 2003, ISBN 0-9730271-2-6.〕 ''Florizel'' was also used as a transport vessel during World War I. In October 1914 she carried the first 540 volunteers of the Newfoundland Regiment, the Blue Puttees, to Europe. Bowring Brothers were the operators for the New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steamship Company, Limited. At the time of ''Florizels construction she was considered a luxury liner; she had room for 145 first-class accommodations. The Bowring fleet of ships of that era were given names from Shakespearean plays: ''Florizel'' was named after young Prince Florizel in ''The Winter's Tale''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Florizel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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