MERCY CRUISE.
MAUNGANUI'S ROLE.
FLOATING HOSPITAL
(0.G.) WELLINGTON, this day. \ eteran of 30 years* servicc as a Pacific passenger liner and a . troop transport in the war of 1914-18, the Lnion Company s liner Maunganui is aboit to lie commissioned as a hospital ship. 'J'lie familar green of her hull and the red and black of her funnel have given place to gleaming white paint, relieved along her sides by a broad stroke of green Drokcn by great rc<l crosses, and green boot-topping above tho waterline. Internally, her former passenger accommodation* has ltccn replaced entirely bv a hospital of nearlv 400 beds.
As a hospital ship the Maunganui is planned for the needs of 00S persons, including 387 patients. 104 members of tho military hospital staff, and a crew of 117 officers and ratings. The patients will be accommodated in 12 airy wards of varying sizes on three decks, the largest having cots for i>.~> patients.
Since the Maunganui will be operating in war zones, she has been given protection again mines. The ship is fitted with "degaussing" equipment to render her immune from magnetic mines and also with paravane gear to deal with moored or floating mines.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 21 April 1941, Page 8
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198MERCY CRUISE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 21 April 1941, Page 8
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