# SS Lindus

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Australian steamship

History Victoria 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 GRT 1,080 NRT 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.](/source/Furness_Withy), [Hartlepool](/source/Hartlepool), England. Her engines were built by [T. Richardson & Sons](/source/Richardsons_Westgarth_%26_Company), Hartlepool. She had a complement of 24 crewmembers.[1]

## Shipwrecked

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

On 4 June 1899, traveling from [Newcastle, New South Wales](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales) on her way to [Adelaide](/source/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*](/source/SS_Colonist) at position [32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=SS_Lindus&params=32.914_S_151.797_E_type:landmark_region:AU).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wrecksite_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wrecksite_1-1) ["LINDUS CARGO SHIP 1881-1899"](http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50940). *wrecksite.eu*. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

## Further reading

**Online Databases**

- ["Lindus"](https://apps5a.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do;jsessionid=E5FD0EFE5418FBA3E303D7AA233204CB?key=1092&action=expandAll). *[Australian National Shipwreck Database](/source/Australian_National_Shipwreck_Database)*.

- ["Australian shipping : Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968"](http://www.ozships.net/ozships/). *ozships.net*. Retrieved 4 October 2009.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

- ["New South Wales Shipwrecks"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091002083826/http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html). *Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks*. Archived from [the original](http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html) on 2 October 2009.

**Books**

- *Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast*. By [Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)](/source/Jack_Loney), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-646-11081-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-646-11081-3).

- *Australian shipwrecks Vol.3 1871–1900* By [Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)](/source/Jack_Loney), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1899 Shipwrecks 4 Mar: HMS Resistance 30 Mar: Stella 24 Apr: Loch Sloy 14 May: Gallia May (unknown date): City of Paris 4 Jun: Lindus, R.G. Stewart 12 Jul: City of York 21 Jul: Nunobiki Maru 26 Jul: Clarence 1 Aug: Benjamin C. Cromwell, James A. Garfield 27 Aug: George Stetson 8 Oct: Caleb Curtis 14 Oct: Typo 2 Nov: USS Charleston 2 Dec: Montevideo 3 Dec: Ismore 18 Dec: 115 Unknown date: Zaragoza Other incidents January (unknown date): Nubia 13 Feb: Germanic 24 Mar: Willehad June-September : SS Waikato 28 Jul: HMS Royal Sovereign July (unknown date): Oakland, Vigilancia 12 Nov: Gromoboi 29 Dec: Mesaba Unknown date: Frank A. Palmer 1898 1900

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