SS Linz

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.

SS Linz.
History
Austria-Hungary
Name: Linz
Owner: Lloyd Austriaco
Port of registry: Trieste, Italy
Builder: Lloyd Austriaco
Yard number: 116
Launched: 20 April 1909
Completed: 1909
Fate: Struck a mine and sunk 19 March 1918
General characteristics
Type: Ocean Liner
Tonnage: 3,819 GRT
Length: 105 metres (344 ft 6 in)
Beam: 13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in)
Depth: 9.8 metres (32 ft 2 in)
Installed power: Triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion: Screw propeller
Speed: 12.5 knots
Capacity: 1003 passengers and crew

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 105 metres (344 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in) and a depth of 9.8 metres (32 ft 2 in). The ship was assessed at 3,819 GRT. 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.[1] 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, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) northwest of Cape Rodonit in the Adriatic Sea. A total of 697 passengers and crew lost their lives, including 283 Italian prisoners-of-war and an International Red Cross nurse. Balaton and the two torpedo boats saved 306 passengers and crew. An enemy submarine unsuccessfully attacked Tb-98.[1]

References
  1. "SS Linz". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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