Maitland (1870 ship)

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

Maitland (1870 ship)

History
Australia
Name	PSS Maitland
Owner	Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co. Ltd
Builder	McCulloch, Patterson & Co, Glen Yard 6, Port Glasgow[1]
Launched	22 September 1870
Fate	Wrecked 6 May 1898
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship, paddlesteamer
Tonnage	880 grt 550 nrt.
Length	231.45 ft (70.55 m)
Beam	27.08 ft (8.25 m)
Draught	19.45 ft (5.93 m)
Propulsion	engine manufactured by McNabb & Co Greenock 250 horsepower, C2cy 410nhp 10 knots. 2 funnels
Sail plan	two masts
Complement	32

PSS Maitland wreckage at Broken Bay, Australia

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]}

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