SS Maheno

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SS Maheno was an early 20th-century ocean liner that later became a famous shipwreck landmark on Fraser Island, Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hospital ship
ocean liner
shipwreck
accessibleFrom Fraser Island beaches
builder William Denny and Brothers
builtAt Dumbarton
surface form: Dumbarton, Scotland
builtFor Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
carried wounded soldiers
causeOfWreck separated from towing ship in a cyclone
completionDate 1905
conflictServedIn World War I
countryOfRegistry New Zealand
countryOfWreckLocation Australia
currentCondition rusted shipwreck on the beach
dateOfWreck July 1935
decommissionedFromPassengerService 1920s
flagDuringWar International Committee of the Red Cross
surface form: Red Cross
hospitalShipServiceEnd 1919
hospitalShipServiceStart 1915
intendedDestinationWhenSold Japan
launchDate 1905
length approximately 400 feet
locatedWithin Great Sandy National Park NERFINISHED
managedBy Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
namedAfter Maheno, a town in Otago, New Zealand
nearbyCity Hervey Bay
notableFor being a prominent shipwreck landmark on Fraser Island
service as a World War I hospital ship
operator Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
partOf heritage and tourism sites of Fraser Island
primaryRoute Trans-Tasman service between New Zealand and Australia
propulsion steam turbine
roleDuringWar hospital ship for the Allied forces
safetyStatus unsafe to climb
serviceEntry 1905
shipType passenger liner
steamship
soldForScrap 1935
stateOfWreckLocation Queensland
statusDuringFinalVoyage under tow without engines
tonnage about 5,000 gross register tons
touristAttraction yes
usedAs hospital ship during World War I
ocean liner
visibleFeature partially buried bow and stern sections
rusted steel hull remains
wreckLocation Seventy-Five Mile Beach
surface form: 75 Mile Beach, Fraser Island

Fraser Island
surface form: Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia

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Maheno shipwreck formerName SS Maheno
Maheno shipwreck associatedWith SS Maheno