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Revision as of 00:01, 10 November 2021

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
Launched 1926
General characteristics
Type Cargo ship
Tonnage 4,372 tons
Length 330 ft
Beam 50 ft



Remarks

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

Fremantle to Port Hedland 2 - 6 August 1944

Port Hedland to Fremantle 2 - 6 Nov 1943