Record Identifier156Date Range1903-1935DescriptionThe SS Maheno I was a popular passenger ship built by William Denny and Brothers in 1905 as a fast, luxury trans-Tasman liner. During World War I it was converted to a hospital ship, and resumed passenger ship duties at the end of the war. It ran ashore off the coast of K'gari, Fraser Island in 1918, where it remains a popular tourist destination to this day.
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