Difference between revisions of "MV Koolinda"
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{{Infobox ship | {{Infobox ship | ||
| image = [[File:MV_Koolinda.jpg]] | | image = [[File:MV_Koolinda.jpg]] | ||
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| shipowner = Government of Western Australia.. | | shipowner = Government of Western Australia.. | ||
| shipbuilder = Harland & Wolff, Glasgow | | shipbuilder = Harland & Wolff, Glasgow | ||
− | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 728 |
− | | shiplaunched = 1926 | + | | shiplaunched = 26 Aug 1926 |
− | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = 23 Dec 1926 |
− | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1927 |
− | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1959 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
− | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = scrapped |
| shiptype = Cargo ship | | shiptype = Cargo ship | ||
| shiptonnage = 4,372 tons | | shiptonnage = 4,372 tons | ||
− | | shiplength = 330 ft | + | | shiplength = 330 ft (100.69m) |
− | | shipbeam = 50 ft | + | | shipbeam = 50 ft (15.24m) |
− | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 28 ft 6 in (8.69m) |
− | | shippropulsion = | + | | shippropulsion = twin screw |
− | | shipspeed = | + | | shipspeed = 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| shipcapacity = | | shipcapacity = | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | Built for the Western Australian State Shipping Service used mainly for freight and passengers on the Western Australian | + | 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. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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+ | ===Port Hedland to Fremantle 2 - 6 Nov 1943=== | ||
+ | *[[Alexander Rhone]] | ||
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+ | ===Fremantle to NW Ports & return 4 June - 29 Jul 1944=== | ||
+ | * [[John Stephen Serventy]] | ||
===Fremantle to Port Hedland 2 - 6 August 1944=== | ===Fremantle to Port Hedland 2 - 6 August 1944=== | ||
*[[Percival Norman (Percy) Buckingham]] | *[[Percival Norman (Percy) Buckingham]] | ||
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[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 16:02, 11 October 2023
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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.