Lindus (1881)
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| Name: | SS Lindus |
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| Port of registry: | Melbourne |
| Builder: | Edward Withy & Co., West Hartlepool, UK |
| Completed: | 1881 |
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| 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.
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°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°ECoordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E.
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