Morning with S.S Maheno, K'Gari Island, Australia
In the beginning S.S Maheno served the Trans-Tasman ocean route as a luxury passenger liner in her early years and later served as a hospital ship in WWI.
In 1935, the S.S. Maheno was decommissioned. It had reached the end of its service to the New Zealand Army Nursing services. The ship was considered to be at the end of its usable life and was set to be towed off.
It was sold to Japan and the liner, the Oonah, was given the duty of towing the S.S. Maheno to Japan. Only 3 days after setting sail a powerful cyclone ripped the ship’s towline connection apart. While there was a crew aboard to oversee the transportation of the ship to Japan, it wasn’t a very large crew at all.
The efforts to keep the S.S. Maheno were ultimately lost and the marine liner was carried away in the cyclone. The cyclone caused the S.S. Maheno to crash onto the shores of K’Gari Island in Australia.
After falling to ill fate to the cyclone, the S.S. Maheno washed up on the shores of K’Gari Island. More specifically, its location is now washed up on 75 Mile Beach which is off the Eastern coast of K’Gari Island QLD 4581.
Morning with S.S Maheno, K'Gari Island, Australia
In the beginning S.S Maheno served the Trans-Tasman ocean route as a luxury passenger liner in her early years and later served as a hospital ship in WWI.
In 1935, the S.S. Maheno was decommissioned. It had reached the end of its service to the New Zealand Army Nursing services. The ship was considered to be at the end of its usable life and was set to be towed off.
It was sold to Japan and the liner, the Oonah, was given the duty of towing the S.S. Maheno to Japan. Only 3 days after setting sail a powerful cyclone ripped the ship’s towline connection apart. While there was a crew aboard to oversee the transportation of the ship to Japan, it wasn’t a very large crew at all.
The efforts to keep the S.S. Maheno were ultimately lost and the marine liner was carried away in the cyclone. The cyclone caused the S.S. Maheno to crash onto the shores of K’Gari Island in Australia.
After falling to ill fate to the cyclone, the S.S. Maheno washed up on the shores of K’Gari Island. More specifically, its location is now washed up on 75 Mile Beach which is off the Eastern coast of K’Gari Island QLD 4581.