HMAS Kanimbla (C78)
HMAS Kanimbla was a passenger ship converted for use as an armed merchant cruiser and landing ship infantry during World War II. Built during the mid-1930s as the passenger liner MV Kanimbla for McIlwraith McEachern Limited, the ship operated in Australian waters until 1939, when she was requisitioned for military service, converted into an armed merchant cruiser, and commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Kanimbla.
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HMAS Kanimbla (C78)
HMAS Kanimbla was a passenger ship converted for use as an armed merchant cruiser and landing ship infantry during World War II. Built during the mid-1930s as the passenger liner MV Kanimbla for McIlwraith McEachern Limited, the ship operated in Australian waters until 1939, when she was requisitioned for military service, converted into an armed merchant cruiser, and commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Kanimbla.
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HMAS Kanimbla was a passenger ...... n she was broken up for scrap.
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Le HMAS Kanimbla est un paqueb ...... s de la Royal Australian Navy.
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builder
commissioning date
1939-09-06
decommissioning date
1949-03-25
length (μ)
1.4289024e+2
recommissioning date
1943-06-01
ship beam (μ)
2.020824e+1
ship launched
1935-12-15
status
Returned to civilian service
top speed (kmh)
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Wikipage revision ID
737,676,803
Ship armament
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*7 × 6-inch guns
*2 × 3-inc ...... mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns
Ship capacity
Ship complement
Ship country
United Kingdom / Australia
Ship displacement
Ship honours
*Battle honours:
*New Guinea 1 ...... 945
*Borneo 1945
*Pacific 1945
Ship laid down
Ship namesake
Ship propulsion
Diesel engines, twin screws. 10,000 horsepower
Ship reclassified
*Passenger vessel
*Armed merchant cruiser
*Landing Ship Infantry
*Passenger vessel
Ship renamed
*Kanimbla
*HMS Kanimbla
*HMAS Kanimbla
*Oriental Queen
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HMAS Kanimbla was a passenger ...... he Royal Navy as HMS Kanimbla.
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Le HMAS Kanimbla est un paqueb ...... s de la Royal Australian Navy.
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HMAS Kanimbla (1936)
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HMAS Kanimbla (C78)
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