Ship model; steel turbine steamer "Maheno".
Object No. H3950
The "Maheno" (meaning "island" in Maori) was the world's first triple screw steamship. It held the speed record for the Tasman Sea crossing for 20 years. During World War I, it was converted to a hospital ship and saw service at Gallipoli and in European waters. The wreck of the "Maheno" is still visible on the beach at Fraser Island, Queensland.
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Summary
Object Statement
Scale model of steel turbine steamship TSS 'Maheno' built for Union Steamship Co, New Zealand, model made by shipbuilder William Denny & Brothers, Leven Shipyard, Dumbarton, Scotland, c1905
Physical Description
Scale model 1:48 of T.S.S. "Maheno", mounted on 6 turned columns in a glass case. Complete with masts and rigging, aerials and decks. Deck details include anchors, winches, capstan and windlass, bollards, deck rails and companionways, ventilators, hatches, bridge with ship's wheel, binnacle and telegraphs, water buckets, navigation lights, portholes, deck seating, life buoys, accommodation ladders with handrails, and 10 ships boats in davits, and 1 steam launch in davits. The hull is fitted with three 3-bladed propellers. The model is finished in brick red and black with 2 red and black funnels.
DIMENSIONS
Height
1100 mm
Width
3020 mm
Depth
600 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
Model made by builders of the "Maheno", William Denny & Brothers, Leven Shipyard, Dumbarton, Scotland.
HISTORY
Notes
The " Maheno" was built 1905 by William Denny & Brothers, Leven Shipyard, Dumbarton, Scotland, and was the second turbine steamer to enter service in the Southern Hemisphere, being preceded in 1904 by the "Loongana", also built by Denny & Brothers. The "Maheno" was the world's first triple screw steam ship. It broke and held for 20 years the speed record for crossing the Tasman Sea. It was owned and operated by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand and, for the greater part of its life, it was engaged in trade between Australia and New Zealand, except for a short time carrying mails between Australia and Canada, beginning in 1906. In World War I, it was converted to a hospital ship and saw service at Gallipoli and in European waters. The "Maheno" went out of commission in 1934, and was sold for breaking up to the Miyachi Company of Japan for £6000. On 9 July 1935, while being towed to Japan by SS "Oonah", it was hit by a storm and driven ashore on Sandy Cape, Fraser Island, Queensland and left as derelict. During World War II, the "Maheno" was used as target bombing practice. The wreck is still present on the beach with the hull skeleton fully exposed and severely rusted.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Gift of Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, 1937
Acquisition Date
9 September 1937
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