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Revision as of 02:39, 17 April 2019

AHS Wanganella.jpg
Australian ex POWs from Batu Lintang camp about to embark. AWM 118509
History
Name AHS 2 Wanganella
Builder/Built 1933 Harland & Wolff, belfast
Type Passenger liner (Trans Tasman)
Displacement 9,576 tons
Speed 17 knots


Remarks

Originally named Achimota, the liner was acquired by Huddart Parker after the original sale to Elder Dempster Lines fell through.


Renamed Wanganella, the ship sailed between New Zealand and Australia until 1941, when she was converted into a hospital ship. As Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Wanganella, the ship operated in support of Australian forces until 1946, when she was returned to her civilian operator.


The increase in travel by air made operating the ship less viable, but before the ship was due to be scrapped in 1963, she was acquired and moored in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, and used as a hostel for construction workers building the Manapouri Power Station until 1970. In April 1970, a tug towed Wanganella to Hong Kong, then later Taiwan, where she was scrapped.[1]

Soldiers carried

Kantara to Fremantle

  • Wikipedia entry for MS Wanganella accessed 16/4/19