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Wreck of SS Maheno

Australia

Position
About 25.3° S, 153.2° E (within about 10 km)
Sank
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Cause
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Depth
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Protection status

Location generalised to protect military remains

The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.

The wreck of a military vessel.

This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.

How this was decided: Seadar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 65%. When in doubt, Seadar generalises the position.

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.

History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

About this wreck

SS Maheno is a recorded shipwreck site. Seadar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.

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