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
Completed:	1881
Identification:	Registration number: 2/1882 Official number: 85085
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.

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 .

See also

• List of shipwrecks

Further reading

Online Databases

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