Florence was a 19th-century Boston pilot boat built in 1867 from a model by Dennison J. Lawlor for William C. Fowler.

She had a long career in the Boston service, skippered by many famous pilots.

Florence was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1867 for William C. Fowler, who supervised her construction.

[5] Florence was registered with the Record of American and Foreign Shipping, from 1881-1898, to William C. Fowler as the Captain and E. Bruce as the owner.

6 was taken out of commission for the winter, on December 21, 1889, and was berthed at Cape Ann northeastern Massachusetts.

1, picked up wreckage from a vessel named Plymouth, off Highland Light on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts.

1 was at the National dock in East Boston when it was sold to Portland, Maine parties, who used her on fishing and yachting excursions.