Australian ex-POWs being transferred to the hospital ship Wanganella two days after their liberation from Batu Lintang camp, Kuching, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo in September 1945
History
Australia
Name
Wanganella
Namesake
Wanganella, NSW
Owner
Huddart Parker
Port of registry
Melbourne
Route
Trans-Tasman
Builder
Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number
849
Launched
17 December 1929
Completed
29 November 1932
In service
12 January 1933
Reclassified
Ocean liner (1933–41, 1946–63)
Hospital ship (1941–46)
Floating hostel (1963–70)
Homeport
Melbourne
Identification
UK official number 153950
code letters LHVJ (until 1933)
call sign VJPQ (from 1934)
Fate
Scrapped in Taiwan in 1970
General characteristics
Type
Ocean liner
Tonnage
9,576 GRT, 5,625 NRT
Length
461.2 ft (140.6 m)
Beam
63.9 ft (19.5 m)
Draught
7.6 m (25 ft)[citation needed]
Depth
29.1 ft (8.9 m)
Installed power
1,305 NHP, 6,750 bhp
Propulsion
2 × 8-cylinder diesel engines
2 × screws
Speed
16.7 knots (30.9 km/h)
Capacity
304 First Class, 104 Second Class
Crew
160
Sensors and processing systems
wireless direction finding
MS Wanganella was an Australian-registered ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff that entered service on the trans-Tasman route in 1933. Originally named Achimota, she 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. In the 1950s and 1960s Wanganella was affected by several incidents of industrial action by wharf labourers.
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.
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