Difference between revisions of "MV Koolinda"
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| − | 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. | + | 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. |
| + | 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 for scrapping. | ||
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Revision as of 00:07, 10 November 2021
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 Green Collection – State of Victoria | |
| History | |
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| 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 |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
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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. 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 for scrapping.