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<RECOLLECT><Status><Publisher><![CDATA[New Zealand Ship and Marine Society]]></Publisher><Count>1</Count><Code><![CDATA[OK]]></Code></Status><Nodes><Node_2319><Node><id>2319</id><title><![CDATA[MOURA 1899-1915]]></title><type><![CDATA[Ship]]></type><basetype><![CDATA[Image]]></basetype><url><![CDATA[https://www.nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/2319]]></url><thumbnail><![CDATA[https://www.nzshipmarine.com/assets/display/15916-200]]></thumbnail><modified><![CDATA[2019-08-21 16:44:01]]></modified></Node><Assets><Asset_15916><id>15916</id><designation><![CDATA[Original]]></designation><filename><![CDATA[91MOURA.jpg]]></filename><mime><![CDATA[image/jpeg]]></mime><filesize>198462</filesize><dimensions><width>1448</width><height>832</height></dimensions><thumbnail><![CDATA[https://www.nzshipmarine.com/assets/display/15916-200]]></thumbnail></Asset_15916></Assets><Metatags><Metatag_311><title><![CDATA[Details]]></title><Metadata><Metadata_28931><title><![CDATA[Number of Images]]></title><data><![CDATA[Moura]]></data></Metadata_28931></Metadata></Metatag_311><Metatag_116><title><![CDATA[Particulars of Ship]]></title><Metadata><Metadata_28932><title><![CDATA[Builder]]></title><data><![CDATA[Sir Armstrong Whitworth & Co ]]></data></Metadata_28932><Metadata_28933><title><![CDATA[Where Built]]></title><data><![CDATA[Newcastle, England]]></data></Metadata_28933><Metadata_28934><title><![CDATA[Date Built]]></title><data>1899</data></Metadata_28934><Metadata_28935><title><![CDATA[Tonnage]]></title><data><![CDATA[2027 GRT]]></data></Metadata_28935><Metadata_28936><title><![CDATA[Owners & Previous Names]]></title><data><![CDATA[1899-1899: North Mount Lyell Copper Co, Melbourne
1899-1915: USSCo
1915-1916: Hong Kong owners  HAI HONG
1916-1941: Phillipine owners MACTAN 
1941-1945: US Army 
1945-1955: Phillipine owners
1955 Hong Kong ship breakers]]></data></Metadata_28936><Metadata_28937><title><![CDATA[Additional Notes]]></title><data><![CDATA[The ship was a "white elephant" for USSCo who decided to purchase it to protect cargoes of the mining companies being shipped out of Strahan, Tasmania by other companies.
During the time when requisitioned by US Army it spent time at Sydney as ammunition storage ship and then as canteen and recreations ship in South Pacific. ]]></data></Metadata_28937></Metadata></Metatag_116><Metatag_229><title><![CDATA[Connections]]></title><Metadata><Metadata_34343><title><![CDATA[Company]]></title><data><![CDATA[Union Steam Ship Company]]></data><RelatedNode><![CDATA[https://www.nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/1305]]></RelatedNode></Metadata_34343></Metadata></Metatag_229></Metatags></Node_2319></Nodes></RECOLLECT>
