Maitland (1870 ship)

Maitland (1870 ship)
History
Australia
NamePSS Maitland
OwnerNewcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co. Ltd
BuilderMcCulloch, Patterson & Co, Glen Yard 6, Port Glasgow[1]
Launched22 September 1870
FateWrecked 6 May 1898
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship, paddlesteamer
Tonnage880 grt 550 nrt.
Length231.45 ft (70.55 m)
Beam27.08 ft (8.25 m)
Draught19.45 ft (5.93 m)
Propulsionengine manufactured by McNabb & Co Greenock 250 horsepower, C2cy 410nhp 10 knots. 2 funnels
Sail plantwo masts
Complement32
PSS Maitland wreckage at Broken Bay, Australia

PSS Maitland was a Scottish built iron paddlesteamer, used in Australia as a passenger vessel.

On the sixth of May 1898 the Maitland was wrecked at Broken Bay in a storm. On board were 32 crew including Captain Richard James Skinner and 30 passengers. One of the survivors was a baby, Daisy Hammond, who lived to the age of 90, dying in 1988. Her ashes were scattered at the wreck site. Reports suggest between 21 and 29 people were killed. The "Maitland Gale" was responsible for the wreckage of other ships. Maitland Bay was named after the shipwreck.[2][3][4][5][6]

33°31′40″S 151°23′42″E / 33.527813°S 151.394885°E / -33.527813; 151.394885

References

  1. ^ "Maitland". Clyde Ships. Scottish Built Ships. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ "PSS Maitland". Wrecksite. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Shipwrecks, Maitland Bay". ABC Backyards. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "The SS Maitland 38th Anniversary of the wreck". Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate. May 6th 1936, page 6. Trove. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Maitland 1870-1898". Flotilla Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Paddle steamer wreck gives Maitland Bay its name". Central Coast Community News. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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