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Wrecked on maiden voyage
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Wrecked on maiden voyage

Date17 January 1928
Object numberANMS0341[026]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 84 × 111 mm, 0.001 g
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Patrick Moss
DescriptionNewspaper clipping titled "Wrecked on maiden voyage" with a photograph of the ship KONINI. Caption begins 'The Union SS Company's new cargo steamer Konini was wrecked near the bluff (NZ), while on her maiden voyage. The Konini was bound from Adelaide to Dunedin, with a cargo of wheat and salt, and stranded during thick weather on the early morning... The court of inquiry found the master guilty of a wrongful act...'