SS Lindus (1881) explained

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.^[1]

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 at position -32.914°N 151.797°W.

References

1. Web site: LINDUS CARGO SHIP 1881-1899 . wrecksite.eu . 2013 . 27 April 2013.

Further reading

Online Databases

• Web site: Lindus . Australian National Shipwreck Database.
• Web site: Australian shipping : Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 . ozships.net .
• Encyclopedia: New South Wales Shipwrecks . Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091002083826/http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html . 2 October 2009 . dmy-all .

Books

• Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 .
• Australian shipwrecks Vol.3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON