SS Lindus (1881)

History
Australia
Name	SS Lindus
Owner	T. J. Parker, London (1881-1884) Huddart, Parker & Co., Melbourne (1884-1899)
Port of registry	Melbourne
Builder	Edward Withy & Co., West Hartlepool, UK
Launched	24 October 1881
Completed	1881
Identification	Registration number: 2/1882 Official number: 85085
Fate	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.

Shipwrecked

Shipwrecks Regent Murray, Wendouree and Lindus, Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, 1899

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 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797.

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. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009.

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.3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON