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gptkbp:instanceOf
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shipping company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:P&O
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Union_Company
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gptkbp:ceased_operations
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2000
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:New_Zealand
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gptkbp:fleetSize
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over 60 ships (at peak)
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gptkbp:founded
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1875
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:James_Mills
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:Dunedin
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Union Steam Ship Company
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gptkbp:industry
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shipping
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:William_Elder
gptkb:John_Mills
gptkb:William_Larnach
gptkb:William_Dawson
gptkb:William_Reynolds
gptkb:James_Mills
gptkb:William_Barron
gptkb:James_Macandrew
George McLean
John Cargill
William Cutten
William Downie Stewart
William Smaill
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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SS Wahine disaster (1968)
SS Wairarapa wreck (1894)
acquisition by P&O (1917)
closure of shipping operations (1989)
company dissolved (2000)
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gptkbp:notableShip
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gptkb:SS_Maheno
gptkb:SS_Aorangi
gptkb:SS_Makura
gptkb:SS_Manuka
gptkb:SS_Mararoa
gptkb:SS_Moeraki
gptkb:SS_Monowai
gptkb:SS_Rotomahana
gptkb:SS_Talune
gptkb:SS_Taviuni
gptkb:SS_Wahine
gptkb:SS_Wairarapa
gptkb:SS_Maunganui
gptkb:SS_Monowai_(1930)
SS Maori
SS Wahine (1966)
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gptkbp:operatesIn
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gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Tasman_Sea
gptkb:South_Pacific
gptkb:Australasia
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:P&O
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gptkbp:serviceType
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gptkb:ferry
cargo transport
passenger transport
coastal shipping
South Pacific shipping
trans-Tasman shipping
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.unionsteamship.co.nz/
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Union_Company_of_New_Zealand
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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