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Wahine what happend?

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#1 ·
What ever did happen to the wahine did she just sink or was she raised or something?
 
#4 ·
She was probably the most beautiful ferry ever built. The bow looked incredible. However, my old man said that visibility from the bridge was poor (when compared to the NZ Railways ferries of the time.) Cut up in-situ. Her mast now sits in Frank Kitts park, Wellington. Apparently a few bits of scrap still sit down near the reef that she foundered on.

The Maori always said it was a bad idea to name her "Wahine" (woman)...
 
#9 ·
I was in the Hawkes Bay the day of the "Wahine " storm and it sure was heavy weather throughout the country. She sat partly submerged for some time before being cut up for scrap.
Another beautiful USS Co inter-island ferry was the "Hinemoa", a Maori folk lore maiden of great beauty and she lived a long and useful life (the ship I mean)
 
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