Maitland
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Maitland | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Storm or weather | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nearest coast | Australia | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | -33.5278, 151.3949 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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.
Location
- Recorded position: -33.5278, 151.3949 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Australia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Maitland (1870 ship) (revision 1327694495), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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