Flinders (ship)
Several vessels have been named Flinders after British explorer Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), including:
- Flinders was a schooner owned by the South Australian Colonial Government between 1865 and 1873.
- SS Flinders (1878) was a passenger-cargo steamer of 948 GRT built by A & J Inglis Ltd, Pointhouse, Glasgow for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company, Hobart. She was later in the fleets of Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co and Adelaide Steamship Company, and then hulked in 1911 after being damaged by fire.[1][2]
- HMS Flinders was a Royal Navy survey ship, completed in 1919 by Lobnitz & Co, Renfrew. She was laid down as the Aberdare-class minesweeper Radley but repurposed during construction. Flinders became an accommodation ship in 1940, then was a blockship at Poole from 1942. She was broken up at Falmouth in 1945.[3][4]
- HMAS Flinders (GS 312) was a hydrographic survey ship in service from 1973 to 1998.
- HMAS Flinders (FFG) is the intended name of a Hunter-class frigate that is expected to enter service in the late-2020s.
Citations
- ^ "Flinders". Clyde Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Launches: Pointhouse". North British Daily Mail. No. 9885. Glasgow. British Newspaper Archive (subscription). 8 November 1878. p. 6. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Colledge, J J (1969). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 212.
- ^ Dawson, Leslie (2013). Fabulous flying boats : a history of the world's passenger flying boats. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. u/n. ISBN 978-1473826755. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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