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The Union Company shipwrights and managers applied the lessons they learned with the Maheno to the Marama. Although this was a bigger ship, they took a week less to transform it into a floating hospital. The company was so proud of the effort that it commissioned a special booklet to document the transformation.
Credit
Images from T.S.S. 'Marama' booklet from Wellington City Archives, reference AC54277
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