SS Lindus (1881)
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| Name: | SS Lindus |
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| Port of registry: | Melbourne |
| Builder: | Edward Withy & Co., West Hartlepool, UK |
| Completed: | 1881 |
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| Status: | Wrecked, 4 June 1899 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Iron screw steamer |
| Tonnage: | 1,678 GT |
| Displacement: | 1,080 NT |
| Length: | 78.45 m (257 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 10.54 m (34 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 5.425 m (17 ft 9.6 in) |
| Installed power: | Compound engine |
| Crew: | 24 |
SS Lindus was an Australian iron-hulled coastal cargo ship driven by a 160 H.P. 2-cylinder compound steam engine with a top cruising speed of 10 knots. She was built in 1881 by Edward Withy & Co., Hartlepool, England. Her engines were built by T. Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool. She had a complement of 24 crewmembers.[1]
Shipwrecked
On 4 June 1899, traveling from Newcastle, New South Wales on her way to Adelaide while carrying a cargo of coal the Lindus was caught up in a heavy storm and was wrecked near Newcastle's Oyster Bank, on the wreck of the Colonist at position 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°ECoordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "LINDUS CARGO SHIP 1881-1899". wrecksite.eu. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
Further reading
- Online Databases
- "Lindus". Australian National Shipwreck Database.
- "Australian shipping : Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968". ozships.net.
- "New South Wales Shipwrecks". Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks.
- Books
- Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3.
- Australian Shipwrecks Vol.1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2, Call number 910.4530994 BAT
- Australian shipwrecks Vol.2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol.3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol.4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol.5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON
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