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.