SS Miowera

Miowera in Sydney Harbour in 1903
History
Name	1892: Miowera 1908: Maitai
Namesake	1908: Maitai River
Owner	1892: NZ & Australian Steamship Co 1893–97: Canadian Australian SS Co 1897–1908: NZ Shipping Co 1908–10: Union SS Co of NZ
Operator	1892–97: James Huddart 1897–1908: New Zealand Shipping Co 1908–10: Union SS Co of NZ
Port of registry	1892: London 1908: Dunedin
Builder	Swan, Hunter, Wallsend
Yard number	176
Launched	25 July 1892
Completed	October 1892
Identification	UK official number 101935 code letters MTCD
Fate	Ran aground 25 December 1916
General characteristics
Type	passenger and refrigerated cargo ship
Tonnage	3,393 GRT, 1,888 NRT
Length	345 ft (105 m) registered length
Beam	42.2 ft (12.9 m)
Depth	25.1 ft (7.7 m)
Installed power	722 NHP
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion engine
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Notes	sister ship: Warrimoo

SS Miowera was a passenger and refrigerated cargo liner that was launched in 1892 in England for Australian owners, and was later owned by two of New Zealand's foremost shipping companies. In 1908 her last owners renamed her Maitai. She was wrecked on a reef in the Cook Islands in 1916.

The ship should not be confused with an earlier steamship called Maitai, which was wrecked on Richards Rock near the Mercury Islands in 1889.^[1]