page_title: SS Maheno
hierarchical_section_title: SS Maheno
caption_attribution_description: English: Maheno, the steamship whose hull now lies rusting on the beach at Fraser Island, ca. 1905 Maheno was used by New Zealand as a hospital ship in World War 1. It was caught in a winter cyclone while being towed to Japan for scrap metal and grounded at Cathedral Beach, Fraser Island, on the 8th of July, 1935. Today the S.S. Maheno is a popular tourist attraction. Français&#160;: Le Maheno, le bateau à vapeur dont la coque rouillée repose sur la plage de l'île Fraser, Queensland, Australie. En 1905, ce navire a été utilisé par la Nouvelle-Zélande comme bateau hôpital durant la première guerre mondiale. Il a été pris dans un cyclone hivernal alors qu'il était en train d'être remorqué au Japon pour récupérer son métal et échoua sur la plage de la Cathédrale, sur l'île Fraser le 8 juillet 1935. Aujourd'hui, le Maheno est une attraction tourstique populaire.
context_page_description: 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.
  It 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. It was washed ashore on Fraser Island by a cyclone in 1935 where the disintegrating wreck remains as a popular tourist attraction.
context_section_description: 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.
  It 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. It was washed ashore on Fraser Island by a cyclone in 1935 where the disintegrating wreck remains as a popular tourist attraction.
caption: Hand-coloured postcard of the SS Maheno
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