TSS ''Maianbar'' was a

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steamship of the

North Coast Steam Navigation Company The North Coast Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company that operated in Australia, formed as the Grafton Steam Navigation Company in 1855. The company was later renamed the Clarence & Richmond River Steam Navigation Company before being ...

. Built in Scotland in 1910 she ran aground in

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in 1940 and was later scrapped on site.

History

Ardrossan Dry Dock & Ship Building Co Ltd, of

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, Scotland built ''Maianbar'' in 1910 for the

. She replaced the one-year-old ''Minimbah'', a steamship that broke her back after unsuccessfully trying to cross the

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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

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built by David Rowan & Co of

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. In 1920, ''Maianbar'' was beached at the entrance to

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and took a month to be re-floated. After being re-floated, she went to Sydney to be overhauled and lengthened by by cutting the ship in two and inserting plating between the two halves. This increased her tonnage from to . In 1937, the Port Stephens Steamship Company bought ''Maianbar'' from the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. 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

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the towline broke and she ran aground on

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. The ship could not be re-floated and was scrapped on site.

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Shipwrecks of the Newcastle Region including Oyster Bank and the Hunter River

C917-0234b ''Maianbar'' beached near Nobby's, 1940

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
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