TSS Maianbar

TSS Maianbar was a coastal steamship of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. Built in Scotland in 1910 she ran aground in Newcastle, New South Wales in 1940 and was later scrapped on site.

History
Ardrossan Dry Dock & Ship Building Co Ltd, of Ardrossan, Scotland built Maianbar in 1910 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. She replaced the one-year-old Minimbah, a 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.

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 ft by cutting the ship in two and inserting plating between the two halves. This increased her tonnage from to.

In 1937, the Port Stephens Steamship Company bought Maianbar from the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. 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. The ship could not be re-floated and was scrapped on site.