Several vessels have been named ''Flinders'' after British explorer

Matthew Flinders Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...

(1774–1814), including: * ''

Flinders Flinders may refer to: Places Antarctica * Flinders Peak, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula Australia New South Wales * Flinders County, New South Wales * Shellharbour Junction railway station, Shellharbour * Flinders, New South Wa ...

'' was a schooner owned by the South Australian Colonial Government between 1865 and 1873. * was a passenger-cargo steamer of built by A & J Inglis Ltd, Pointhouse, Glasgow for the

Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company Limited was an Australian steaming company, formed in Hobart in 1853 and defunct in 1922 after a series of acquisitions. It operated a shipping service from Tasmania to the Australian Mainland, later expanded ...

, Hobart. She was later in the fleets of

Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited was once the biggest shipping line in the southern hemisphere and New Zealand's largest private-sector employer. It was incorporated by James Mills in Dunedin in 1875 with the backing of a Scot ...

McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co was an Australian shipping company. History McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co (MMC) was founded in 1875 in London by Scottish sea captains, Andrew McIlwraith and Malcolm McEacharn. In 1876 it began operating ships to take Bri ...

and Adelaide Steamship Company, and then hulked in 1911 after being damaged by fire. * was a Royal Navy survey ship, completed in 1919 by Lobnitz & Co, Renfrew. She was laid down as the Aberdare-class minesweeper ''Radley'' but repurposed during construction. ''Flinders'' became an accommodation ship in 1940, then was a blockship at Poole from 1942. She was broken up at Falmouth in 1945. * was a hydrographic

survey ship A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel, and may be designed for the purpo ...

in service from 1973 to 1998. * is the intended name of a that is expected to enter service in the late-2020s.

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