Ardrossan Dry Dock & Ship Building Co Ltd, of
Ardrossan, Scotland built Maianbar in 1910 for the
North Coast Steam Navigation Company.[1] She replaced the one-year-old Minimbah, a 460
GRT steamship that broke her back after unsuccessfully trying to cross the
Manning River Bar earlier that year. Minimbah's engine and boiler were salvaged, shipped back to Scotland and installed in Maianbar. The engine was a 99
RHP two-cylinder
compound steam engine built by David Rowan & Co of
Glasgow.[1]
In 1920, Maianbar was beached at the entrance to
Macleay River and took a month to be re-floated. After being re-floated, she went to
Sydney to be overhauled and lengthened by 20 feet (6.1 m) by cutting the ship in two and inserting plating between the two halves. This increased her tonnage from 487
GRT[2] to 513
GRT.[1]
In 1937, the Port Stephens Steamship Company bought Maianbar from the North Coast Steam Navigation Co.[2] In 1940 her original owners bought the vessel back, and on 5 May started towing her back from
Port Stephens to Sydney. In fine weather off
Newcastle the towline broke and she ran aground on
Nobbys Beach.[3] The ship could not be re-floated and was scrapped on site.[4][5]
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