Lindus (1881)

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Lindus (1881 )

Career
Name: Lindus
Owner: Unknown
Port of registry: Melbourne
Ship registration number: 2/1882
Ship official number: 85085
Builder: Unknown West Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Completed: 1881
Status: Wrecked
General characteristics
Type: Iron Steamer screw
Tonnage: Gross tonnage (GT) of 1678  tons
Displacement: Net tonnage (NT) of 1080  tons
Length: 78.45  m
Beam: 10.54  m
Draught: 5.425  m
Installed power: Compound engine
Ship primary use: Transport
Ship industry:
Ship passenger capacity: 0
Crew: 24
Wreck Event
When lost: 1899/06/04
Where lost: Newcastle, Oyster Bank, on wreck of Colonist
Reason for loss: Struck by heavy sea
Cargo: Coal
Travelling from: Newcastle, New South Wales
Travelling to: Adelaide
Master: Unknown
Deaths: 0
Wreck Location
Discovered: Yes
Position: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797Coordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797

Ship Description & Construction

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Shipwreck Event

Wreck Site & Wreckage

See also

Further reading

Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [2]
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [3]

Books

  • Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 9780646110813.
  • Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 910.4530994 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

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