SS Linz

SS Linz.
History
Austria-Hungary
Name:	Linz
Owner:	Lloyd Austriaco
Port of registry:	Trieste, Italy
Builder:	Lloyd Austriaco
Yard number:	116
Completed:	1909
Maiden voyage:	1909
In service:	1909
Out of service:	20 February 1918
Fate:	Struck a mine and sunk
Notes:	Captain Tonello Hugo
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

SS Linz was an Austro-Hungarian Ocean Liner that hit a mine in the Adriatic Sea 4 miles northwest of Cape Rodinit, 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 completed in 1909 and she was named Linz and served from 1909 until her demise in 1918. She was requisitioned by the Austrian Army 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 screw propeller and the engine was rated at 390 nhp.

Sinking

On 20 February 1918, Linz was on a voyage from Fiume, Croatia to Durazzo, Albania under command of Captain Tonello Hugo and in escort of SMS Balaton TB-74 and TB-98. She was sunk 4 miles northwest of Cape Rodonit in the Adriatic Sea after hitting a mine. In total 697 passengers and crew lost their lives including 413 POWs and 1 Red Cross Nurse. 306 passengers and crew were saved in an operation involving Balaton, and torpedoboats TB-74 and TB-98. TB-98 was unsuccessfully attacked by an enemy submarine^[1]

Wreck

The wrecks current position is unknown.

References

1. "SS Linz". Wrecksite. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.