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MINNIPA - IMO 5230284
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MINNIPA
Australian
1927 - 1963
1,977 gross tons, 986 net.
Lbd: 253'1" x 39'9" x 22'.
Steel motorship built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen as a passenger ship for this concern. Diesel engine - 2,700bhp and rated at 15 knots.150-200 passenger capacity on the Port adelaide - Port Lincoln run. Maintained that bi-weekly service since 1927, at times taking in Tumby as a port of call.
Withdrawn June 1960 and sold to unknown interests who renamed her Mayon under Panamanian registry. Broken up Hong Kong late 1963 (Minnipa is aboriginal word for 'Hill')
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Photo Credits: The late Allan Green collection Vic Australia
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If it is then something has gone badly wrong!
Do you know if the berths at the likes of Port Lincoln/Victoria and Tumby dried out at low water? If they did/do, I think that we may be a bit closer to an answer.
As I recall, back in the dim and distant larger ships than MINNIPA used alongside berths when loading grain.
By the way, this is another gem of a photo and many thanks for taking the time to post it.
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It's probably attached to the rudder and is likely a wire (steel) rope. A long time ago some ships had such lines attached to their rudders, presumably as "insurance" should it come adrift for whatever reason. This vessel may well have run up to the shallow ports in the Spencer Gulf which may explain it.
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In Wikipedia I find: "In 1928, the motor ship MS Minnipa of the Adelaide Steamship Company ran aground at Hayden Point, Boston Island in a thick fog. The 160 passengers aboard who had been traveling to Port Lincoln lighted in rafts and launches. She was refloated again two days later.[16] She was then taken to Melbourne for assessment and repair.[17] A Marine Enquiry was later held in Port Adelaide to investigate the circumstances and cause of the incident. The captain of the vessel was not found to be negligent in his actions."
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