SS Linz
{{short description|1909 ocean liner}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=SS_Linz_(1918).jpg |Ship caption=SS Linz. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Austria-Hungary |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Austria-Hungary}} |Ship name={{flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} Linz |Ship namesake= |Ship owner=Lloyd Austriaco |Ship operator= |Ship registry={{flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} Trieste, Italy |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Lloyd Austriaco |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=116 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=20 April 1909 |Ship completed=1909 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship fate=Struck a mine and sunk 19 March 1918 {{#tag:ref|Wrecksite.eu gives two dates 19 March 1918 and 20 February 1918 |group="A"}} |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Ocean Liner |Ship tonnage={{GRT|3,819}} |Ship length={{convert|105|m|ftin}} |Ship beam={{convert|13.3|m|ftin}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|9.8|m|ftin}} |Ship Armament= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Triple expansion steam engine |Ship propulsion=Screw propeller |Ship speed=12.5 knots |Ship capacity= 1003 passengers and crew |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
SS Linz was an Austro-Hungarian Ocean Liner that hit a mine in the Adriatic Sea 4 miles northwest of the Cape of Rodon, while she was travelling from Fiume, Croatia to Durazzo, Albania under command of Captain Tonello Hugo.
Construction
Linz was constructed in 1909 at the Lloyd Austriaco shipyard in Trieste, Italy. She was requisitioned by the Austro-Hungarian Navy and used to transport troops and prisoners on Albanian routes.
The ship was {{convert|105|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|13.3|m|ftin}} and a depth of {{convert|9.8|m|ftin}}. The ship was assessed at {{GRT|3,819}}. She had a triple-expansion steam engine driving a single propeller and the engine was rated at 390 nhp (291 kW).
Sinking
Linz was sunk on 19 March 1918.{{sfn|wrecksite|2022|p=}}{{sfn|Silvia|2013|p=}}{{#tag:ref|Wrecksite.eu gives two dates 19 March 1918 and 20 February 1918 |group="A"}} Linz was on a voyage from Fiume in what is now Croatia, to Durazzo in what is now Albania, escorted by three Austro-Hungarian Navy ships – the Tátra-class destroyer SMS Balaton and the torpedo boats SMS Tb-74 and SMS Tb-98. The ship officially had 1,003 passengers on board, of which 413 were Italian prisoners-of-war being transported to labour camps in Albania. After a stop in the port of Zelenika, Linz hit a mine – although witnesses claimed to have seen a torpedo wake – at 00:25 hours and sank 20 minutes later, {{convert|4|nmi|km|abbr=off}} northwest of Cape Rodonit in the Adriatic Sea. A total of 697 passengers and crew died, including 283 Italian prisoners-of-war and an International Red Cross nurse. Balaton and the two torpedo boats saved 306 passengers and crew.{{sfn|Russell|2020|p=376}} An enemy submarine unsuccessfully attacked Tb-98.{{sfn|wrecksite|2022|p=}}
Annotations
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Citations
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References
- {{cite book|last=Russell|first=Gareth | authorlink =Gareth Russell (author)| title = The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era|date=November 3, 2020| publisher = 9781501176739}} - Total pages: 448
- {{cite web|last=wrecksite|authorlink=wrecksite|date=2022|url = https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148076|title =SS Linz (+1918) |publisher = wrecksite.eu| accessdate = February 20, 2022 }}
- {{cite web|last=Silvia|date=10 October 2013|url = http://www.pietrigrandeguerra.it/voci-e-volti-dal-mare/piroscafo-linz/|title =Piroscafo LINZ, 19 Marzo 1918|publisher = pietrigrandeguerra.it|language=Italian| accessdate = February 20, 2022 }}
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Category:Ships built in Trieste
Category:Steamships of Austria-Hungary
Category:Merchant ships of Austria-Hungary
Category:World War I passenger ships of Austria-Hungary
Category:Maritime incidents in 1918