Name SS Lindus Completed 1881 Weight 0.4899 tons | Port of registry Melbourne Length 78 m Draft 5.42 m | |
Owner T. J. Parker, London (1881-1884)
Huddart, Parker & Co., Melbourne (1884-1899) Builder Edward Withy & Co., West Hartlepool, UK Identification Registration number 2/1882
Official number 85085 | ||
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 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797.
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