Post 1945, Papua New Guinea, Rabaul, HMAS Kanimbla,1946
1946View of soldiers embarking on the ship Kanimbla at Rabaul
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, McEacharn & Co, 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.
Initially used to board and take control of merchant vessels belonging to Occupied Europe and operating in Asian waters, Kanimbla led the raid to capture the Iranian port of Bandar Shahpur in August 1941, and was present during the covert Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in 1942. In 1943, the ship was converted into a Landing Ship Infantry, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy, and operated throughout the South West Pacific Theatre until the end of the war
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- World War 2, Papua New Guinea Rabaul, 1945 (0.03km away)
- World War 2, Papua New Guinea, Rabaul , 1 Marine Supply Platoon, 1945 (0.07km away)
- World War 2, Papua New Guinea Rabaul, 1945 (0.17km away)
- Post 1945, Papua New Guinea Karavia Bay, GUY, 1946 (1.08km away)
- Post 1945, Papua New Guinea Rabaul, 1946 (1.1km away)
- World War 2, Papua New Guinea Rabaul, 1945 (2.96km away)
- World War 2, South West Pacific, New Britain, Surrender Ceremony, HMS Glory,1945 (18.16km away)
- Post 1945, Papua New Guinea Keravat, 1946 (21.75km away)
- World War 2, Papua New Guinea Wide Bay, New Britain, 1945 (98.22km away)
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