World Art Utopia

SS Maheno

The rusted, broken hull of the SS Maheno lies on the white sand of the ocean beach on K'gari, Queensland, with shallow water inside it and blue sky above.
Artwork FileK'gari, Queensland, Australia

SS Maheno

ReportedApr 2025

1905; wrecked 1935 · K'gari, Queensland, Australia

Photo: Havardtl / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

SS Maheno's remains lie on K'gari's eastern beach. Before its 1935 grounding, the passenger steamer served as a New Zealand hospital ship during the First World War. Source Source Checked

Latest dated evidence checked: Reported Apr 2025. This is not a present-day condition survey. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. Passenger beginningsAustralia's Anzac Portal records construction in Scotland in 1905 and service linking Australian and New Zealand ports. Source Reported
  2. A wartime hospitalMaheno was converted in 1915 and reached Mudros in August to support the Gallipoli campaign. Source Reported
  3. A broken towAfter retirement, it was being towed to Japan for scrap when the towline broke in 1935. Source Reported
  4. Remembered at the wreckABC reported hundreds attending an Anzac Day service beside the remains in April 2025. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Seventy-Five Mile Beach · K'gari, Queensland, Australia Source Checked

Open in Maps

Map search; no clearly framed Street View image was verified.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 1905

    Built as a passenger vessel.

  2. 1915Aug

    Reached Mudros as a hospital ship.

  3. 1935

    Grounded after its towline broke.

  4. 201924 Jul

    Havardtl photographs the remains.

  5. 202525 Apr

    Anzac Day service held beside the wreck.

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Built
Scotland, 1905 Source Checked
Original role
Passenger steamer Source Checked
Hospital conversion
1915 Source Checked
Grounding
1935, while under tow for scrapping Source Checked
Location
Seventy-Five Mile Beach, K'gari Source Checked
Recent gathering
Anzac Day service, 25 April 2025 Source Checked

🔗 Related

All sources & image credits

Photo: Havardtl / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art