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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
 
Built or Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.  Sister ship to Pakeha.
 
Built or Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.  Sister ship to Pakeha.
Fire and explosion 7 Aug 1947 at Victoria Dock in Melbourne leaving 3 crew members dead.  To extinguish the fire the rear holds of the ship had to be deliberately flooded and then patched so she could be pumped out and refloated.
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A fire and explosionoccurred amongst the deck cargo of Sodium Chlorate on 7 Aug 1947 at Victoria Dock in Melbourne leaving 3 crew members dead.  To extinguish the fire in No. 4 and No 5 holds, they received so much water that the ship settled on the bottom. Three of ''Mahia'''s crew were burnt badly and die din the explosion.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==

Revision as of 02:29, 11 December 2021

SS Mahia
File:SS Mahia.jpg
SS Mahia 1.jpg
The fire brigade poured so much water into holds to exstinuish the fire, that the ship developed a dangerous list to port.
History
Name SS Mahia
Builder Workman Clark
Launched 1917
General characteristics
Type passenger / cargo (refrigerated)
Tonnage 7,900 tons
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)



Remarks

Built or Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. Sister ship to Pakeha.


A fire and explosionoccurred amongst the deck cargo of Sodium Chlorate on 7 Aug 1947 at Victoria Dock in Melbourne leaving 3 crew members dead. To extinguish the fire in No. 4 and No 5 holds, they received so much water that the ship settled on the bottom. Three of Mahia's crew were burnt badly and die din the explosion.

Soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 4 June - 17 July 1919