Resting Place of the SS Maheno
"LITTLE more than a rustic skeleton remains at 75 Mile Beach on Fraser Island, the final resting place of the once-mighty SS Maheno.
marooned on the ...
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"LITTLE more than a rustic skeleton remains at 75 Mile Beach on Fraser Island, the final resting place of the once-mighty SS Maheno.
marooned on the ocean-side of the world's largest sand island. The 122m (400-foot) vessel, built in 1905 as a triple-screw turbine steamer for the Union Steam Navigation Company, held the glory of being the first turbine steamer to cross the Pacific Ocean.
In 1915, the New Zealand government converted the vessel to a hospital ship and the SS Maheno was used for the next five years in treating and transporting Allied wounded from Gallipoli and the Western Front as part of the First World War effort.
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marooned on the ocean-side of the world's largest sand island. The 122m (400-foot) vessel, built in 1905 as a triple-screw turbine steamer for the Union Steam Navigation Company, held the glory of being the first turbine steamer to cross the Pacific Ocean.
In 1915, the New Zealand government converted the vessel to a hospital ship and the SS Maheno was used for the next five years in treating and transporting Allied wounded from Gallipoli and the Western Front as part of the First World War effort.
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