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| caption2      = Green Collection – State of Victoria
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| shipname = MV Koolinda
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| shipowner = Government of Western Australia..
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| shipbuilder = Harland & Wolff, Glasgow
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| shipyardnumber = 728
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| shiplaunched = 26 Aug 1926
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| shipcompleted = 23 Dec 1926
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| shipinservice = 1927
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| shipoutofservice = 1959
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| shipfate = scrapped
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| shiptype = Cargo ship
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| shiptonnage = 4,372 tons
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| shiplength = 330 ft (100.69m)
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| shipbeam = 50 ft (15.24m)
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| shipdepth = 28 ft 6 in (8.69m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
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==Remarks==
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Built for the Western Australian State Shipping Service used mainly for freight and passengers on the Western Australian coast.
  
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Following the clash between the German Kormoran and the HMAS Sydney, it was the Koolinda that recovered German sailors from a lifeboat and delivered them to Geraldton. Fitted early in the war with a variety of defensive weapons, she brought some two hundred and sixty evacuees out of Darwin in December 1941, to Fremantle.
  
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In 1959 she was renamed ''Kimberley'' before being sold to Hong Kong where she arrived on 5 Dec 1949 for scrapping.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Port Hedland to Fremantle 2 - 6 Nov 1943===
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*[[Alexander Rhone]]
  
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===Fremantle to NW Ports & return 4 June - 29 Jul 1944===
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* [[John Stephen Serventy]]
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===Fremantle to Port Hedland 2 - 6 August 1944===
==Remarks==
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*[[Percival Norman (Percy) Buckingham]]
Built for the Western Australian State Shipping Service used mainly for freight and passengers on the Western Australian cost. Following the clash between the German Kormoran and the HMAS Sydney, it was the Koolinda that recovered German sailors for a lifeboat and delivered them to Geraldton. In 1959 she was sold to Hong Kong for scrapping.
 
 
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 11 October 2023

MV Koolinda
MV Koolinda.jpg
MV Koolinda 1.jpg
Green Collection – State of Victoria
History
Name MV Koolinda
Owner Government of Western Australia..
Builder Harland & Wolff, Glasgow
Yard number 728
Launched 26 Aug 1926
Completed 23 Dec 1926
In service 1927
Out of service 1959
Fate scrapped
General characteristics
Type Cargo ship
Tonnage 4,372 tons
Length 330 ft (100.69m)
Beam 50 ft (15.24m)
Depth 28 ft 6 in (8.69m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 15 knots (27.78 km/h)



Remarks

Built for the Western Australian State Shipping Service used mainly for freight and passengers on the Western Australian coast.


Following the clash between the German Kormoran and the HMAS Sydney, it was the Koolinda that recovered German sailors from a lifeboat and delivered them to Geraldton. Fitted early in the war with a variety of defensive weapons, she brought some two hundred and sixty evacuees out of Darwin in December 1941, to Fremantle.


In 1959 she was renamed Kimberley before being sold to Hong Kong where she arrived on 5 Dec 1949 for scrapping.

Soldiers carried

Port Hedland to Fremantle 2 - 6 Nov 1943

Fremantle to NW Ports & return 4 June - 29 Jul 1944

Fremantle to Port Hedland 2 - 6 August 1944