SS Maheno
Hand-coloured postcard of the SS Maheno | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | |
| Name | SS Maheno |
| Owner | Union Company, Dunedin |
| Port of registry | Wellington |
| Route | New Zealand — Australia |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 746 |
| Launched | 19 June 1905 |
| In service | November 1905 |
| Out of service | 1935 |
| Identification | Official number: 117588 |
| Fate | Wrecked, July 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Depth | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
| Capacity |
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SS Maheno was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand that operated in the Tasman Sea, crossing between New Zealand and Australia, from 1905 until 1935.
She was also used as a ship by the New Zealand Naval Forces during World War I; as His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 1. She was washed ashore on K'gari (Fraser Island) by a cyclone in 1935 where the disintegrating wreck remains as a popular tourist attraction.