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Sinking of the Maranui

On 13 June 1968 the wheat-carrying coaster Maranui sank east of the Coromandel Peninsula when its cargo shifted in a storm. Nine of the crew drowned. Find out more on Sooty's.

Maranui sinking, 1968

On 13 June 1968 the wheat-carrying coaster Maranui sank 25km east of Great Mercury Island when its cargo shifted in a storm. Nine of the crew drowned. Find out more on Sooty's.