# SS Linz

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**SS *Linz*** was an [Austro-Hungarian](/source/Austria-Hungary) [Ocean Liner](/source/Ocean_liner) that hit a mine in the [Adriatic Sea](/source/Adriatic_Sea) 4 miles northwest of the [Cape of Rodon](/source/Cape_of_Rodon), while she was travelling from [Fiume](/source/Fiume), [Croatia](/source/Croatia) to [Durazzo](/source/Durr%C3%ABs), [Albania](/source/Albania) under command of Captain Tonello Hugo.

## Construction

*Linz* was constructed in 1909 at the [Lloyd Austriaco](/source/Lloyd_Austriaco) shipyard in [Trieste](/source/Trieste), Italy. She was requisitioned by the [Austro-Hungarian Navy](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Navy) and used to transport troops and prisoners on [Albanian](/source/Albania) routes.

The ship was 105 metres (344 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in) and a depth of 9.8 metres (32 ft 2 in). The ship was assessed at . She had a [triple-expansion](/source/Triple-expansion) [steam engine](/source/Steam_engine) driving a single propeller and the engine was rated at 390 [nhp](/source/Nominal_horsepower) (291 [kW](/source/Kilowatt)).

## Sinking

*Linz* was sunk on 19 March 1918.[1][2]["A" 2] *Linz* was on a voyage from [Fiume](/source/Fiume) in what is now [Croatia](/source/Croatia), to [Durazzo](/source/Durr%C3%ABs) in what is now [Albania](/source/Albania), escorted by three [Austro-Hungarian Navy](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Navy) ships – the [*Tátra*-class](/source/T%C3%A1tra-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/Destroyer) [SMS *Balaton*](/source/SMS_Balaton) and the [torpedo boats](/source/Torpedo_boat) [SMS *Tb-74*](/source/SMS_Tb-74) and [SMS *Tb-98*](/source/SMS_Tb-98). The ship officially had 1,003 passengers on board, of which 413 were Italian [prisoners-of-war](/source/Prisoner-of-war) being transported to labour camps in Albania. After a stop in the port of [Zelenika](/source/Herceg_Novi), *Linz* hit a mine – although witnesses claimed to have seen a [torpedo](/source/Torpedo) wake – at 00:25 hours and sank 20 minutes later, 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometres) northwest of [Cape Rodonit](/source/Cape_Rodon) in the [Adriatic Sea](/source/Adriatic_Sea). A total of 697 passengers and crew died, including 283 Italian prisoners-of-war and an [International Red Cross](/source/International_Red_Cross) nurse. *Balaton* and the two torpedo boats saved 306 passengers and crew.[3] An enemy [submarine](/source/Submarine) unsuccessfully attacked *Tb-98*.[1]

## Annotations

1. Wrecksite.eu gives two dates 19 March 1918 and 20 February 1918

1. Wrecksite.eu gives two dates 19 March 1918 and 20 February 1918

## Citations

1. wrecksite 2022.

1. Silvia 2013.

1. Russell 2020, p. 376.

## References

- Russell, Gareth (November 3, 2020). *The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era*. 9781501176739. - Total pages: 448
- wrecksite (2022). ["SS Linz (+1918)"](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148076). wrecksite.eu. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- Silvia (10 October 2013). ["Piroscafo LINZ, 19 Marzo 1918"](https://www.pietrigrandeguerra.it/voci-e-volti-dal-mare/piroscafo-linz/) (in Italian). pietrigrandeguerra.it. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

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