TSS Maianbar

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History
Civil Ensign of Australia.svgAustralia
NameMaianbar
Owner
Port of registry Civil Ensign of Australia.svg Sydney
BuilderArdrossan Dry Dock & Ship Building Co, Ardrossan, Scotland
Yard number239
Laid down1910
Launched3 September 1910
FateRan aground 5 May 1940; scrapped in situ
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • As built: 487  GRT
  • After lengthening in 1920:
  • 513  GRT
  • tonnage under deck 353
  • 229  NRT
Length
  • As built: 155.6 ft (47.4 m)
  • After lengthening in 1920:
  • 175.6 ft (53.5 m) p/p
Beam28.1 ft (8.6 m)
Depth9.2 ft (2.8 m)
Installed power99 RHP
Propulsion2-cylinder compound steam engine

TSS Maianbar was a coastal steamship of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. Built in Scotland in 1910 she ran aground in Newcastle, New South Wales in 1940 and was later scrapped on site.

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History

Ardrossan Dry Dock & Ship Building Co Ltd, of Ardrossan, Scotland built Maianbar in 1910 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. [1] She replaced the one-year-old Minimbah, a 460  GRT steamship that broke her back after unsuccessfully trying to cross the Manning River Bar earlier that year. Minimbah's engine and boiler were salvaged, shipped back to Scotland and installed in Maianbar. The engine was a 99 RHP two-cylinder compound steam engine built by David Rowan & Co of Glasgow. [1]

In 1920, Maianbar was beached at the entrance to Macleay River and took a month to be re-floated. After being re-floated, she went to Sydney to be overhauled and lengthened by 20 feet (6.1 m) by cutting the ship in two and inserting plating between the two halves. This increased her tonnage from 487  GRT [2] to 513  GRT. [1]

In 1937, the Port Stephens Steamship Company bought Maianbar from the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. [2] In 1940 her original owners bought the vessel back, and on 5 May started towing her back from Port Stephens to Sydney. In fine weather off Newcastle the towline broke and she ran aground on Nobbys Beach. [3] The ship could not be re-floated and was scrapped on site. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1938. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 Cameron, Stuart; Campbell, Colin; Robinson, George. "SS Maianbar". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. Wreck stayed firm in gale Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate 30 September 1940 page 4
  4. Last of Maianbar Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate 14 October 1943 page 3
  5. "H5327 Half-ship model, TSS 'Maianbar', wood / metal / glass, made by Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipping Co Ltd, Scotland for the North Coast Steam Navigation Co, New South Wales, Australia, 1910". Powerhouse Museum . Retrieved 21 September 2014.

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